Censer

//ˈsɛn.sɚ//

Synonyms for "censer" (78 found)

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Noun(1 words)
thurible

Strong matches (23)

Noun(1 words)
incense burner

Related words (39)

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Translations

76 translations across 45 languages.

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Aghwan

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  • 𐔱𐕒𐕁𐕛𐔰𐕙 noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Albanian

1 entries
  • temjanicë noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • θυίσκη noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • θυμιατήριον noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مبخرة noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • مَبْخَرَة noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • בָזִיכָא noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բուրվառ noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • buxurdan noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • кади́лница noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Catalan

3 entries
  • encenser noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • peveter noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • turíbul noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 香爐 /香炉 noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ϣⲟⲩⲣⲏ noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Czech

1 entries
  • kadidelnice noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Danish

1 entries
  • røgelseskar noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Dutch

1 entries
  • wierookvat noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kadilo noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • suitsuttaja noun (person)
  • suitsutusastia noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

French

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  • encensoir noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Galician

3 entries
  • botafumeiro noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • incensario noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • turíbulo noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Georgian

1 entries
  • საცეცხლური noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

German

4 entries
  • Duftrauchbrenner noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • Rauchfass noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • Thuribulum noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • Turibulum noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Greek

1 entries
  • θυμιατό noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ધૂપિયું noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • pedupaan noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • turibulum noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • wiruk noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Irish

1 entries
  • túiseán noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Italian

2 entries
  • incensiere noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • turibolo noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 香炉 noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Korean

1 entries
  • 향로 noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Latin

1 entries
  • tūribulum noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • ка́дило noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • ка́ндилка noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • кади́лница noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Maltese

1 entries
  • ċensier noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • бойпор noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Māori

1 entries
  • oko tahu kakara noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • بخورجی noun (person)
  • بخوردان noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Polish

3 entries
  • kadzidło noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • kadzielnica noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • trybularz noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • incensário noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • turíbulo noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Romanian

1 entries
  • cădelniță noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Russian

3 entries
  • кади́ло noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • кади́льница noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • кури́льница noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • kadionica noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kadílnica noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Spanish

4 entries
  • botafumeiro noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • incensario noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • pebetero noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • turíbulo noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Swedish

1 entries
  • rökelsekar noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • dupaan noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • insensaryo noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Turkish

2 entries
  • buhurcu noun (person)
  • buhurdan noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • кади́ло noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)
  • кади́льниця noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • lư hương noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Yup'ik

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  • katilaq noun (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The priest walked among the parishioners several times, spreading the smell of incense from the censer.

Source: tatoeba (10717989)

A thousand wax tapers burned in honour of the Madonna. Four beautiful children swung the silver censers before her picture, till a cloud of incense arose and floated in broken masses to the fretted roof, and the whole air was heavy with perfume.

Source: wiktionary

Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer / Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.

Source: wiktionary

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