Definition of cense in English:

cense

verb sɛnssɛns

[with object]archaic

Ritually perfume (something) with the odour of burning incense.
（依据仪式）用香熏（某物），焚香敬神
Example sentencesExamples
- Norbert sang the antiphons and censed the sanctuary - I felt as though I was moving about in a dark room where strange figures brushed up against my shoulders, and strange voices guided me along.
- There was also a small chorus and a number of non-speaking parts, including the butcher who cut up the model hippo and priests who censed the space with myrrh before the performance and moved props.
- Near the end, as the Eastern Rite bishops were censing the coffin, he found himself weeping. ‘I'm crying,’ he explained to his son, ‘because of what the church isn't.’
- Apart from some postering and hanging banners in the space, the performance began with a solitary priest walking around the space, censing it with myrrh.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French encenser.

Rhymes

commence, common sense, condense, dense, dispense, expense, fence, hence, Hortense, immense, offence (US offense), pence, prepense, pretence (US pretense), sense, spence, suspense, tense, thence, whence

Definition of cense in US English:

cense

verbsɛnssens

[with object]archaic

Perfume (something) ritually with the odor of burning incense.
（依据仪式）用香熏（某物），焚香敬神
Example sentencesExamples
- Norbert sang the antiphons and censed the sanctuary - I felt as though I was moving about in a dark room where strange figures brushed up against my shoulders, and strange voices guided me along.
- Apart from some postering and hanging banners in the space, the performance began with a solitary priest walking around the space, censing it with myrrh.
- There was also a small chorus and a number of non-speaking parts, including the butcher who cut up the model hippo and priests who censed the space with myrrh before the performance and moved props.
- Near the end, as the Eastern Rite bishops were censing the coffin, he found himself weeping. ‘I'm crying,’ he explained to his son, ‘because of what the church isn't.’

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French encenser.

词汇	cense
释义	Definition of cense in English: cense verb sɛnssɛns [with object]archaic Ritually perfume (something) with the odour of burning incense. （依据仪式）用香熏（某物），焚香敬神 Example sentencesExamples Norbert sang the antiphons and censed the sanctuary - I felt as though I was moving about in a dark room where strange figures brushed up against my shoulders, and strange voices guided me along. There was also a small chorus and a number of non-speaking parts, including the butcher who cut up the model hippo and priests who censed the space with myrrh before the performance and moved props. Near the end, as the Eastern Rite bishops were censing the coffin, he found himself weeping. ‘I'm crying,’ he explained to his son, ‘because of what the church isn't.’ Apart from some postering and hanging banners in the space, the performance began with a solitary priest walking around the space, censing it with myrrh. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French encenser. Rhymes commence, common sense, condense, dense, dispense, expense, fence, hence, Hortense, immense, offence (US offense), pence, prepense, pretence (US pretense), sense, spence, suspense, tense, thence, whence Definition of cense in US English: cense verbsɛnssens [with object]archaic Perfume (something) ritually with the odor of burning incense. （依据仪式）用香熏（某物），焚香敬神 Example sentencesExamples Norbert sang the antiphons and censed the sanctuary - I felt as though I was moving about in a dark room where strange figures brushed up against my shoulders, and strange voices guided me along. Apart from some postering and hanging banners in the space, the performance began with a solitary priest walking around the space, censing it with myrrh. There was also a small chorus and a number of non-speaking parts, including the butcher who cut up the model hippo and priests who censed the space with myrrh before the performance and moved props. Near the end, as the Eastern Rite bishops were censing the coffin, he found himself weeping. ‘I'm crying,’ he explained to his son, ‘because of what the church isn't.’ Origin Late Middle English: from Old French encenser.
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