Meanings (ES + gloss)
botafumeiro • incensario • pebetero • turíbulo • turífero
An ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies.
A thousand wax tapers burned in honour of the Madonna. Four beautiful children swung the silver censers before her picture, till a cloud of incense arose and floated in broken mass…
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer / Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
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