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cense

[ sens ]

verb (used with object)

censed, censing.
  1. to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.


cense

/ ²õÉ›²Ô²õ /

verb

  1. tr to burn incense near or before (an altar, shrine, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cense1

1300–50; Middle English, aphetic variant of incense 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cense1

C14: from Old French encenser; see incense 1
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Example Sentences

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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.â€

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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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