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/ˈsɛn.sə/ · noun
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.
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer / Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
Use censer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Censer means An ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies..
Common synonyms include incense burner, thurible.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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