censer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of censer
1200–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, aphetic variant of ensenser < Medieval Latin incensārium. See incense 1, -er 2
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A Russian Orthodox priest said prayers and swung a censer before Chekalov's coffin as family, friends and former colleagues, some holding bunches of flowers, bade farewell, Reuters video showed.
From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2023
The young priest prayed and swung his censer.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2022
In a gallery evoking a church nave, where a 15th-century gilded silver German censer is displayed, they smell the ecclesiastical incense it would have dispensed.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2017
Abramovic just lit the candles and swung the censer.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2015
Taking her purse as they walked along, he swung it by its strap, pretending it was a censer.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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