censer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- sĕn′sər
- /ˈsɛn.sɚ/ (US)
- /ˈsɛn.sə/ (UK)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English censer, from Anglo-Norman censier, from Old French encensier, from encens (“incense”).
Meanings
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An ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies.
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.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 215:Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer / Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
1859 [1845], Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”, in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, volumes II: Poems and Tales:
- A person who censes, a person who perfumes with incense.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| censers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (80)
tl insensaryo (ornamental container for burning incense) · la thūribulum (ornamental container for burning incense) · ca peveter (ornamental container for burning incense) · es botafumeiro (ornamental container for burning incense) · arz مَبْخَرَة (ornamental container for burning incense) · pl trybularz (ornamental container for burning incense) · ast fumeru (ornamental container for burning incense) · sv rökelsekar (ornamental container for burning incense) · gu ધૂપિયું (ornamental container for burning incense) · pl kadzidło (ornamental container for burning incense) · grc θῡμῐᾱτήρῐον (ornamental container for burning incense) · fi kadilo (ornamental container for burning incense) · id wiruk (ornamental container for burning incense) · sl kadílnica (ornamental container for burning incense) · bg кади́лница (ornamental container for burning incense) · el θυμιατό (ornamental container for burning incense) · ota بخوردان (ornamental container for burning incense) · pt turíbulo (ornamental container for burning incense) · sh ка̀дионица (ornamental container for burning incense) · cop ϣⲟⲩⲣⲏ (ornamental container for burning incense) · ro cădelniță (ornamental container for burning incense) · mn бойпор (ornamental container for burning incense) · id turibulum (ornamental container for burning incense) · de Turibulum (ornamental container for burning incense) · fi suitsutusastia (ornamental container for burning incense) · es incensario (ornamental container for burning incense) · esu katilaq (ornamental container for burning incense) · ota بخورجی (person who censes) · ca encenser (ornamental container for burning incense) · es turífero (ornamental container for burning incense) · tl dupaan (ornamental container for burning incense) · cmn 香爐 /香炉 (ornamental container for burning incense) · uk кади́льниця (ornamental container for burning incense) · grc θυίσκη (ornamental container for burning incense) · de Rauchfass (ornamental container for burning incense) · tr buhurcu (person who censes) · nl wierookvat (ornamental container for burning incense) · da røgelseskar (ornamental container for burning incense) · gl incensario (ornamental container for burning incense) · tr buhurdan (ornamental container for burning incense) · tmr בָזִיכָא (ornamental container for burning incense) · ru кади́льница (ornamental container for burning incense) · sq temjanicë (ornamental container for burning incense) · de Thuribulum (ornamental container for burning incense) · ca turíbul (ornamental container for burning incense) · sh kàdionica (ornamental container for burning incense) · it incensière (ornamental container for burning incense) · pt incensário (ornamental container for burning incense) · pl kadzielnica (ornamental container for burning incense) · es turíbulo (ornamental container for burning incense) · mi oko tahu kakara (ornamental container for burning incense) · de Weihrauchschwenker (person who censes) · gl botafumeiro (ornamental container for burning incense) · ar مَبْخَرَة (ornamental container for burning incense) · id pedupaan (ornamental container for burning incense) · es pebetero (ornamental container for burning incense) · uk кади́ло (ornamental container for burning incense) · vi lư hương (ornamental container for burning incense) · ka საცეცხლური (ornamental container for burning incense) · az buxurdan (ornamental container for burning incense) · pl osoba kadząca (person who censes) · mk кади́лница (ornamental container for burning incense) · ru кади́ло (ornamental container for burning incense) · xag 𐔱𐕒𐕁𐕛𐔰𐕙 (ornamental container for burning incense) · mk ка́дило (ornamental container for burning incense) · ja 香炉 (ornamental container for burning incense) · mt ċensier (ornamental container for burning incense) · hy բուրվառ (ornamental container for burning incense) · cs kadidelnice (ornamental container for burning incense) · de Duftrauchbrenner (ornamental container for burning incense) · ko 향로 (ornamental container for burning incense) · de Weihrauchfass (ornamental container for burning incense) · gl turíbulo (ornamental container for burning incense) · it turìbolo (ornamental container for burning incense) · fr encensoir (ornamental container for burning incense) · ast incensariu (ornamental container for burning incense) · ga túiseán (ornamental container for burning incense) · mk ка́ндилка (ornamental container for burning incense) · ru кури́льница (ornamental container for burning incense) · fi suitsuttaja (person who censes)