censer

noun

cen·​ser ˈsen(t)-sər 

: a vessel for burning incense

especially : a covered incense burner swung on chains in a religious ritual

Illustration of censer

Examples of censer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

From behind the counter, the cashier pulled forth a large brass hanging censer. — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023

Martha says, waving a smoking censer back and forth over the golden flowers that snake from the garden gate into the parlor of her childhood home. — Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025

This particular censer once sat in the real Schlitz Palm Garden. — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 14 Apr. 2025

When the curtain went up, an immense censer slowly swung above the stage like a pendulum, and for a couple of minutes the only sound in the house was the tolling of a funeral bell. — Vulture, 1 Mar. 2022

The clanging of heavy weight in motion is like the clinking of a priest’s censer, releasing a cloud of incense, which enters the nooks and crannies of one’s life and infuses them with a certain power. — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for censer

• censor
• denser
• fencer
• sensor
• tensor
• biosensor
• condenser
• dispenser
• extensor

Kids Definition

censer

noun

cen·​ser ˈsen(t)-sər 

: a container in which incense is burned