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censer
- /ˈsɛn.sə/ UK
- /ˈsɛn.sɚ/ US
Sounds like censor, sensor · Rhymes with -ɛnsə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English censer, from Anglo-Norman censier, from Old French encensier, from encens (“incense”).
noun censers
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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.
Similar: incense burner, thurible
- A person who censes, a person who perfumes with incense.
Translations
Every language
noun ornamental container for burning incense
| Español | incensario, botafumeiro, turíbulo, pebetero, turífero |
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| 한국어 | 향로 hyangno |
| 日本語 | 香炉 kōro |
| 中文 | 香爐 /香炉 xiānglú |
| Português | turíbulo, incensário |
| Français | encensoir |
| Deutsch | Duftrauchbrenner, Weihrauchfass, Rauchfass, Thuribulum, Turibulum |
| Italiano | turìbolo, incensière |
| Ελληνικά | θυμιατό thymiató |
| Română | cădelniță |
| Русский | кади́ло kadílo, кури́льница kurílʹnica, кади́льница kadílʹnica |
| Tiếng Việt | lư hương |
| العربية | مَبْخَرَة mabḵara |
noun person who censes
| Deutsch | Weihrauchschwenker |
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Talk about this word "censer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/censer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. censer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/censer "censer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/censer.Cite this
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title = {censer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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