censer

[ sen-ser ]

/ ˈsɛn sər /

a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.

Origin of censer

1200–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, aphetic variant of ensenser < Medieval Latin incensārium. See incense¹, -er²

And Ozias was angry, and holding in his hand the censer to burn incense, threatened the priests.

The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version |Various
One faced the altar at a little distance, swinging a censer vessel, to the time and motion of the pendulum of a clock.

The Church Index |William Pepperell
Next I pack it firmly in the censer's hollow bowl with neither too firm nor too light a pressure.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) |Various
A myriad bens around gave mists, as smoke from a censer, to the day.

John Splendid |Neil Munro

But, as I stepped beneath the light of the censer, two circumstances of a startling nature attracted my attention.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe |Edgar Allan Poe

censer

/ (ˈsɛnsə) /

a container for burning incense, esp one swung at religious ceremonies Also called: thurible