a vase containing incense to be used in sacrifices. Among the Greeks and Romans it was called *thuribulum*, *ἀβαρέπις*, and *αερία*. See *AERIA*.

The Jewish censer was a small sort of chafing dish, sometimes furnished with a handle, and probably of various shapes. The Jewish censers appear to have been unlike those of the classical ancients, with which the sculptures of Greece and Rome have made us familiar; as well as those (with perforated lids and swung by chains) used in the Church of Rome. Josephus tells us that Solomon made 20,000 golden censers for the temple of Jerusalem, and 50,000 others to carry fire in.