censer

[ sen-ser ]

/ ˈsɛn sər /

noun

a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.

Origin of censer

1200–50; Middle English <Anglo-French, aphetic variant of ensenser<Medieval Latin incensārium.See incense¹, -er²

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH censer

censer , censor, censure, sensor

Words nearby censer

cenospecies, cenotaph, cenote, Cenozoic, cense, censer, censor, censorious, censorship, censurable, censure

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Example sentences from the Web for censer

And Ozias was angry, and holding in his hand the censer to burn incense, threatened the priests.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
One faced the altar at a little distance, swinging a censer vessel, to the time and motion of the pendulum of a clock.
The Church Index|William Pepperell
Next I pack it firmly in the censer's hollow bowl with neither too firm nor too light a pressure.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.)|Various
A myriad bens around gave mists, as smoke from a censer, to the day.
John Splendid|Neil Munro

But, as I stepped beneath the light of the censer, two circumstances of a startling nature attracted my attention.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe

British Dictionary definitions for censer

censer

/ (ˈsɛnsə) /

noun

a container for burning incense, esp one swung at religious ceremoniesAlso called: thurible

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单词	censer
释义	censer [ sen-ser ] / ˈsɛn sər / noun a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible. Origin of censer 1200–50; Middle English <Anglo-French, aphetic variant of ensenser<Medieval Latin incensārium.See incense¹, -er² WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH censer censer , censor, censure, sensor Words nearby censer cenospecies, cenotaph, cenote, Cenozoic, cense, censer, censor, censorious, censorship, censurable, censure Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for censer And Ozias was angry, and holding in his hand the censer to burn incense, threatened the priests. The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version\|Various One faced the altar at a little distance, swinging a censer vessel, to the time and motion of the pendulum of a clock. The Church Index\|William Pepperell Next I pack it firmly in the censer's hollow bowl with neither too firm nor too light a pressure. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.)\|Various A myriad bens around gave mists, as smoke from a censer, to the day. John Splendid\|Neil Munro But, as I stepped beneath the light of the censer, two circumstances of a startling nature attracted my attention. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe\|Edgar Allan Poe British Dictionary definitions for censer censer / (ˈsɛnsə) / noun a container for burning incense, esp one swung at religious ceremoniesAlso called: thurible Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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