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censers

censers is the plural of censer.

Meaning of censer

Noun

censer (plural censers)

  1. 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.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 215
  2. A person who censes, a person who perfumes with incense.

Phrases with censers

Questions about censers

What is censers the plural of?
Censers is the plural of censer.

Words near censers in the dictionary

  1. censae
  2. censal
  3. cense
  4. censed
  5. censer
  6. censers
  7. censes
  8. censi
  9. censing
  10. censitary
  11. censive

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