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# censer

«censer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a metal container, often hung on chains, that holds…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (censers)

### meaning for a pupil

A censer is a metal container, often hung on chains, that holds burning incense; it is swung in church to fill the air with sweet smoke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/censer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in churches and old tales, priests swing censers during a ceremony or Mass

### examples

- The priests waved the censers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/censer/#x1)
- She was given a golden censer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/censer/#x2)
- The Mass was celebrated while the censers swung. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/censer/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «censer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/censer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.