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Webster 1913 Edition

Censer

Cen′ser

,
Noun.
[For
incenser
, fr. OF.
encensier
, F.
encensoir
, fr. LL.
incensarium
,
incensorium
, fr. L.
incensum
incense. See
Incense
, and cf.
Incensory
.]
A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned.
☞ The ecclesiastical censer is usually cup-shaped, has a cover pierced with holes, and is hung by chains. The censer bearer swings it to quicken the combustion.
Her thoughts are like the fume of frankincense
Which from a golden
censer
forth doth rise.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Censer

CENSER

,
Noun.
A vase or pan in which incense is burned. Among the Jews, a kind of chafing-dish, covered by a dome, and suspended by a chain, used to offer perfumes in sacrifices.

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