Cense (Verb)
Meaning
Perfume especially with a censer.
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The high priest censed the altar with sacred incense to purify the air.
- As the fragrance filled the room, the monk carefully censed the entire space with the censer.
- In the ancient ritual, the priestess censed the participants to cleanse them of impurities.
- The celebrant censed the congregation with the golden thurible, a symbol of devotion.
- To prepare for meditation, the monks censed the temple with fragrant sandalwood incense.