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▪ I. censing, vbl. n.1|ˈsɛnsɪŋ|
[f. cense v.1 + -ing1.]
The burning or offering of incense.
1499Promp. Parv. (Pynson) Censinge, thurificatio. 1556Chron. Gr. Friars (1852) 56 Item this same yere [1548] was put downe..the sensyng at Powlles at Wytsontyde. 1608Bp. Hall Epist. i. i. 14 Your vncleanly vnctions, your crossings, creepings, censings, sprinklings. 1706tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 16th C. II. iv. xx. 333 There were no Censings, nor any Peace given at the Mass. 1873J. B. Dykes in Fowler Life (1897) 306 The prevalence of the practice of censing in the diocese.
comb.1881Besant & Rice Chapl. of Fl. ii. x. (1883) 188 Posterity will continue to wave the censing-pot and send up wreaths of spicy smoke.
▪ II. † ˈcensing, vbl. n.2 Obs.
[f. cense v.2 + -ing1.]
Estimating, rating, assessing.
1692O. Walker Hist. Illust. 149 Servius Tullius..was the first that ordain'd the censing or valuing of the People.
▪ III. ˈcensing, ppl. a.
[f. cense v.1 + -ing2.]
That censes or offers incense.
1893Athenæum 26 Aug. 296/2 A censing adult angel. |