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cense

VT จุด ธูป  jud-thub

 

censer

N กระถางธูป  thurible kra-tang-thub

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CENSE

n. 1. A public rate or tax.
2. Condition; rank.

 

CENSE

v.t.To perfume with odors from burning substances.

 

CENSER

n.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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CENSE

Cense, n. Etym: [OF. cense, F. cens, L. census. See Census. ]

 

1. A census; -- also, a public rate or tax. [Obs. ] Howell. Bacon.

 

2. Condition; rank. [Obs. ] B. Jonson.

 

CENSE

Cense, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Censed; p. pr. & vb. n. Censing. ] Etym: [Abbrev. from incense. ]

 

Defn: To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices. The Salii sing and cense his altars round. Dryden.

 

CENSE

CENSE Cense, v. i.

 

Defn: To burn or scatter incense.

 

CENSER

Cen "ser, n. Etym: [For incenser, fr. OF. encensier, F. encensoir, fr. LL. incensarium, incensorium, fr. L. incensum incense. See Incense, and cf. Incensory. ]

 

Defn: A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned.

 

Note: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cense

cense |sens sɛns | verb [ with obj. ] perfume (something ) ritually with the odor of burning incense. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French encenser .

 

censer

cen ser |ˈsensər ˈsɛnsər | noun a container in which incense is burned, typically during a religious ceremony. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French censier, from encensier, from encens (see incense 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

cense

cense |sɛns | verb [ with obj. ] archaic ritually perfume (something ) with the odour of burning incense. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French encenser .

 

censer

cen ¦ser |ˈsɛnsə | noun a container in which incense is burnt during a religious ceremony. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French censier, from encensier, from encens (see incense 1 ).

 

French Dictionary

censé

censé , ée adj. adjectif 1 Réputé, présumé. : Nul n ’est censé ignorer la loi. 2 Censé + infinitif. Qui doit faire quelque chose, en principe. : Ils sont censés venir demain.

 

censément

censément adv. adverbe En apparence.

 

censeur

censeur n. m. nom masculin Personne qui exerce une censure, qui veille au respect de règles déterminées.