censer
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- noun
- /ˈsɛn.sɚ/
- Specialized
- The ornate censer hung from a chain, releasing wisps of smoke as it was carried down the aisle.
Examples
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Which, like faint incense from a far swung censer, pervades the spacious floors.
Academic text (1992) -
Bishop Peter walked before her, holding his crosier and swinging a censer, blessing the path ahead.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar.
Blog text (18) -
"Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth.
Blog text (18) -
As I step out into the courtyard and open air, the censer is already aglow with light.
Fiction book (2002) -
At the head of the procession, swinging a smoking censer, is an ape wearing a lion-skin cloak.
Fiction book (1996) -
Augustine has placed his bishop's miter on the altar table and propped his crosier and a censer on either side.
Academic text (2005) -
The priest began to chant in Slavonic, the words indistinct and rumbling, swinging the censer in an arc.
Fiction book (1993) -
In front, two boys carry an arch made of cempaschiles, the Mexican marigolds known as the Flowers of the Dead, and a man in white swings a censer, sending billows of pungent smoke into the air.
Academic text (2010) -
During the ceremony, the priest swung the censer to fill the air with the fragrance of incense.
Synonyms
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A container hung on chains that burns incense in religious services
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Etymology
Censer is linked to the word incense and comes from the Latin incendere, which means 'to burn'. That's why a censer is a small container used for burning incense and making fragrant smoke during ceremonies.