censer
pronunciation
How to pronounce censer in British English:
UK [ˈsensə(r)]
How to pronounce censer in American English:
US [ˈsɛnsɚ]
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- Noun:
- a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual)
Word Origin
- censer
- censer: see incense
- censer (n.)
- "vessel used for burning incense," mid-13c., from Old French censier, a shortened form of encensier, from encens "incense" (see incense (n.)).
Example
- 1. A censer used in certain ecclesiastical ceremonies or liturgies .
- 2. His voice was a censer that scattered strange perfume .
- 3. Dalian homeinn hotel - censer reef the luas shop .
- 4. A priest began swinging a censer .
- 5. So each man took his censer , put fire and incense in it , and stood with moses and aaron at the entrance to the tent of meeting .