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cense  (sns)
tr.v. censed, cens·ing, cens·es
1. To perfume with incense.
2. To burn incense to.
[Middle English censen, short for encensen, from encens, incense; see incense2.]
cense [sɛns]
vb
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to burn incense near or before (an altar, shrine, etc.)
[from Old French encenser; see incense1]
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Verb1.cense - perfume especially with a censer
incense, thurify
odorize, odourise, scent - cause to smell or be smelly


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Indeed, the central Madonna holding the Child before her would have addressed the priest censing the Host on the altar at the climax of the liturgy and would have created a permanent, eternally-reoccurring elevation and presentation of the Child-as-Host on the high altar between services [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 10 OMITTED].
Approaching the Altar: Donatello's Sculpture in the Santo by Johnson, Geraldine A. / Renaissance Quarterly
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