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PRONUNCIATION OF INCENSOR

incensor  [ˈɪnsɛnsə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCENSOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incensor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INCENSOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

incensor

Thurible

A thurible is a metal censer suspended from chains, in which incense is burned during worship services. It is used in the Roman Catholic, Anglo Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, some Lutheran, Old Catholic, and in various Gnostic Churches. It is also used in Co-Freemasonry and in the practice of ceremonial magic. In Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican churches, the altar server who carries the thurible is called the thurifer. The workings of a thurible are quite simple. Burning charcoal is inside the metal censer. Incense, sometimes of many different varieties, is placed upon the charcoal. This may be done several times during the service as the incense burns quite quickly. Once the incense has been placed on the charcoal the thurible is then closed and used for censing. A famous thurible is the huge Botafumeiro in Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Spain The word "thurible" comes from the Old French thurible, which in turn is derived from the Latin term thuribulum. The Latin thuribulum is further formed from the root thus, meaning incense.

Definition of incensor in the English dictionary

The first definition of incensor in the dictionary is an incense burner, censer. Other definition of incensor is one who incenses or incites, a person who stirs up. Incensor is also a person who burns incense, especially as an offering.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCENSOR


biosensor
ˈbaɪəʊˌsɛnsə
censer
ˈsɛnsə
censor
ˈsɛnsə
commencer
kəˈmɛnsə
condenser
kənˈdɛnsə
Despenser
dɪsˈpɛnsə
dispenser
dɪˈspɛnsə
ENSA
ˈɛnsə
extensor
ɪkˈstɛnsə
fencer
ˈfɛnsə
incenser
ˈɪnsɛnsə
Mensa
ˈmɛnsə
photosensor
ˈfəʊtəʊˌsɛnsə
precensor
priːˈsɛnsə
recensor
rɪˈsɛnsə
sensor
ˈsɛnsə
spencer
ˈspɛnsə
Spenser
ˈspɛnsə
suspensor
səˈspɛnsə
tensor
ˈtɛnsə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCENSOR

incendiary device
incendivity
incensation
incense
incense bearer
incense burner
incense stick
incensed
incensement
incenser
incensories
incensory
incent
incentive
incentive bonus
incentive discount
incentive scheme
incentively
incentivisation
incentivise

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCENSOR

co-sponsor
corporate sponsor
Ensor
Fidei Defensor
licensor
prehensor
radar sensor
remote sensor
responsor
sponsor
tonsor

Synonyms and antonyms of incensor in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

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Translator English - Spanish

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Translator English - Hindi

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Incensor
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Translator English - Tamil

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Translator English - Afrikaans

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Translator English - Swedish

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Trends of use of incensor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCENSOR»

The term «incensor» is used very little and occupies the 182.957 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCENSOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incensor

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCENSOR»

Discover the use of incensor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incensor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dream of the Dragon Pool: A Daoist Quest
Chen was having trouble picking up the tender flakes of golden carp with her chopsticks. Her concern was not for the fish. She waited for their attention to be distracted by a waiter, pursed her lips, and gently blew in the direction of the incensor ...
Albert A. Dalia, 2007
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Dreaming the Maya Fifth Sun: A Novel of Maya Wisdom and the ...
The young women stood as she made ritual gestures to the four directions with the incensor, creating sacred space. Woody, pungent fumes wafted through the room. Placing the incensor on a low altar in the center of the room, she led the ...
Leonide Martin, 2011
3
Masters of the French Art Song: Translations of the Complete ...
... (Here cornes the time when vibrating on its stem,) Chaque fleur s'évapore ainsi qu'un encensoir; Each flower itself-evaporates thus that-an incensor; (Each flower exhales like an incensor;) Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir, ...
Timothy LeVan, 1991
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Reading Medieval Latin
... 3m. assailant, enemy in (+ acc.) as, (+ abl.) into, (+ abl.) with (see G.15(a)(n)) inaedia = inedia (see O.I) inb-; see imb- (O.2I) incamatio incamation-is 3f. incarnation incensor incensor-is 3m. inciter incentiu-us a um that incites (to: gen.)  ...
Keith Sidwell, 1995
5
Women Fly
They were also to get or buy or make an incensor that wouldn't melt or catch fire when we burned the incense during our presentation. Actually, only the kid who held the incensor while it was burning got singed. It was OK. I could spare a kid, ...
Martha Dreskin, 2001
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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law
In minor cases arson was considered a crimen vis (violence). Syn. incensor. KJeinfeller. RE 9; Humbert. DS 3; Condanari-Midiler, Ser Fcrrini 3 (Univ. Sacro Cuore, Milan. 1948) 74. Incendium. A fire. The praetorian Edict granted a penal action ...
Adolf Berger, 1968
7
Secrets Of Angels And Demons
Page 367: Langdon and Vittoria get inside the church only to find a large bonfire in the dead center ofthe church, built ofburningpews. The branded Cardinal Guidera is suspended over the fire by two incensor cables. Olivetti is not to be found.
Dan Burstein, 2010
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Religious consciousness
It is worthwhile noting that the live coals needed to be put in the incensor had to be ignited with fire kindled with the help of a bow-drill, and that the priest, after washing his feet at the lake or pond within the temple precincts, had to carry the ...
Govind Sadashiv Ghurye, 1965
9
An Archaeological Settlement Survey of the Nochixtlan ...
Special forms: 2 ladles; 2 comales; l handled incensor. R.I.C.C. : 3 P.I.I.R. : N-5. N -004 Yanhuitlan: Loma de la Cantera This site is located some 3 kilometers north -northeast of Yanhuitlan Convent and approximately l kilometer east of the La ...
Ronald Spores, 1972
10
Scales of the Dragon
sounds an undulant field, the deeper dragoned sea beyond. heather and yellow blooms echo my footsteps, ego fangs mind. only 80K until the incensor swings Cathedral nave sweet. apple tree blotches yellow and unleaves. 9/4/2004 trailside ...
James Timberlake, 2011

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCENSOR»

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The Camino de Santiago: Part 3
Accompanied by powerful organ music, the cantor sang a beautiful song to Saint James. The oversized incensor is swung higher and higher, ... «Towanda Daily Review, Feb 15»
2
Why Should Christianity Be “Patron of the Arts”?
The liturgy's very being is poetry; every psalm, every petition, every prayer; the cross, the mitre, the incensor; each a fulfillment of some dream of ... «Patheos, Sep 13»
3
The Armenian Cardinal and His Servant
... wear the shabig and go through the entire ritual of a Holy Mass, uttering the responses and smoking out the congregation with an incensor. «Armenian Weekly, Feb 12»

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