censer

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman censier, from Old French encensier, from encens (“incense”).

noun

  1. An ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies.
    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
  2. A person who censes, a person who perfumes with incense.

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