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cense
[sens]
verb (used with object)
censed, censing
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
cense
/ sɛns /
verb
(tr) to burn incense near or before (an altar, shrine, etc)
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cense1
C14: from Old French encenser; see incense 1
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Sometimes a nuncio would pounce on a cardinal and cense him all over.
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The pontiff censes the altar and a statue of the Virgin Mary, and asks the congregation to confess their sins.
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Father Dorward never got through with censing the altar, you bad boy.”
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Censer is apparently the name applied to one who pays a cense or cess.
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Then follows the censing and wiping of the altar as in the Sarum order.
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