censer

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Their figures moving under the arbour of old trees were like red and silver poppies blown by the wind, or wonderful tropical birds astray in the woods: and a glint of sunshine striking the censer was a thin chain of gold linking it to the sky To meet this little procession astonished Vanno, but the curé turned to smile at him without surprise.

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  1. noun A vessel in which incense is burned, especially during religious services.

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  • ; He spun the censer, and for the first time wondered how much longer he could keep it spinning Master Skellum Yes, Chainer Forgive me, but what in the Nine Hells is this place Skellum smiled. —  SCOTT McGOUGH
  • They reached the grim censer, and Dug lifted up the pail and poured out more of the solution. —  Demons Don't Dream
  • Give him a rosary and a smoking censer, and he could be a medieval monk come to exorcise the room of dark spirits, or at least an extra from an old Hammer horror movie. —  Steele, Allen - [Near-Space 05] - A King of Infinite Space
  • Blocked by Bishop Peter swinging his censer, the prince called up to her, "Come down, harlot." —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 01 - July 2002
  • The summit started by a breakfast scheduled at 8: 30 am local time after the leaders were greeted by British Prime Brown at the entrance of London's exhibition censer, or ExCel London, in eastern London.
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  1. Middle English, short for encenser, from Anglo-Norman encensier, from encens, incense, from Old French; see incense2.

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  1. from Middle English censer, senser, by apheresis for encenser, from Old French encenser, encensier = Sp.incensario = Italian incensiere, from Middle Latin incensarium (also incensorium, later F. encensoir), from incensare, burn incense: see incense. and cf. cense.
  2. from cense+ -er.
 

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