CENSER, in antiquity, a vase containing incense to be used in sacrifices. Censer is chiefly used in speak-
* See the foregoing article.
Censo
Censor. ing of the Jewish worship. Among the Greeks and Romans it is more frequently called thuribulum, λιθιστήριον, and acerra.
The Jewish censor was a small sort of chafing-dish, covered with a dome, and suspended by a chain. Josephus tells us, that Solomon made twenty thousand gold censers for the temple of Jerusalem, to offer perfumes in, and fifty thousand others to carry fire in.