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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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We three cardinals (often referred to as the Cardinal Sins) had to support the bishop, ceremoniously censing our way through the procession at the church of Sant' Andrea della Valle "Always remember that your procession is a highlight of Act I," Curran drilled into us--and he was right.
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Imitating the action of censing by turning the hand downwards and moving it stands for a censer (24): "wend pu pine hand of dune and wege hi"; the act of slicing represents a knife (55): "snid pu mid pinum fingre ofer ponne operne"; cutting--"pu mid pinum scite fingre do ofer pinne operne swilce pu ceorfan wille"--and shaving--"straca .
The code and context of Monasteriales Indicia: a semiotic analysis of ... by Conde-Silvestre, Juan C. / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
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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