Word of the Day:
censer
What It Means
An ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies.
A person who censes, a person who perfumes with incense.
Censer in Context
“Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer / Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.”
Did You Know?
Inherited from Middle English censer, from Anglo-Norman censier, from Old French encensier, from encens (“incense”).
Source and license
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