Censer

  • 81censé — censé, ée [ sɑ̃se ] adj. • 1611; p. p. de censer « censurer, réformer »; lat. censere « estimer, juger » ♦ Qui est supposé, réputé (suivi d un v. à l inf.).⇒ présumé. Il est censé être à Paris. Elle n est pas censée le savoir. Nul n est censé… …

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  • 82incense — English has two distinct words incense, but both come ultimately from the same source. The noun, ‘aromatic burnt substance’ [13], comes via Old French encens from late Latin incensum, a noun use of the verb incendere ‘set fire to’ (source of… …

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  • 83thurible — /ˈθjurəbəl/ (say thyoohruhbuhl) noun → censer. {Middle English turrible, from Latin t(h)ūribulum censer, from t(h)ūs incense} …

  • 84θυίσκας — θυίσκᾱς , θυίσκη censer fem acc pl θυίσκᾱς , θυίσκη censer fem gen sg (doric aeolic) …

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  • 85incense — English has two distinct words incense, but both come ultimately from the same source. The noun, ‘aromatic burnt substance’ [13], comes via Old French encens from late Latin incensum, a noun use of the verb incendere ‘set fire to’ (source of… …

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  • 86incense burner — noun : one that burns incense; specifically : a vessel (as a stationary vase) for holding burning incense compare censer * * * incense burner, a vessel or receptacle, often highly ornamental, for holding incense when burned; censer; thurible …

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  • 87senser — ˈsen(t)sə(r) noun ( s) : one that senses something * * * senser obs. f. censer n.1, var. censer n.2 …

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  • 88thu|ri|ble — «THUR uh buhl, THYUR », noun. = censer. (Cf. ↑censer) ╂[< Latin thūribulum < thūs, thūris incense < Greek thýos, thýeos incense; (originally) burnt sacrifice < th to sacrifice] …

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  • 89Bursera heptaphylla — Incense In cense, n. [OE. encens, F. encens, L. incensum, fr. incensus, p. p. of incendere to burn. See {Incense} to inflame.] [1913 Webster] 1. The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an …

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  • 90Chrysobalanus Icaco — Incense In cense, n. [OE. encens, F. encens, L. incensum, fr. incensus, p. p. of incendere to burn. See {Incense} to inflame.] [1913 Webster] 1. The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an …

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