censer

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English

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A censer.

Etymology

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

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Noun

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censer (plural censers)

  1. An ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies.
    • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. [], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, [], →OCLC, page 215:
      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.
    • 1859 [1845], Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”, in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe[1], volumes II: Poems and Tales:
      Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer / Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
  2. A person who censes, a person who perfumes with incense.

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Latin cēnsēre.[1]

Verb

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censer

  1. to think that
  2. to esteem
  3. to judge

Conjugation

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  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

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  • French: censé

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “censere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 579