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Definition of incense noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

incense

noun
 
/ˈɪnsens/
 
/ˈɪnsens/
[uncountable]
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  1. a substance that produces a pleasant smell when you burn it, used particularly in religious ceremonies
    • Incense burned in a corner of the room.
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + incense
    • burn
    • light
    incense + verb
    • burn
    incense + noun
    • stick
    • burner
    phrases
    • a scent of incense
    • a smell of incense
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    Word Originnoun Middle English (originally as encense): from Old French encens (noun), encenser (verb), from ecclesiastical Latin incensum ‘something burnt, incense’, neuter past participle of incendere ‘set fire to’, from in- ‘in’ + the base of candere ‘to glow’.
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