Cene vs Cense - What's the difference?
cene | cense |
(obsolete) To perfume with incense.
* Dryden
(obsolete) A census.
(obsolete) A public rate or tax.
(obsolete) condition; rank
As nouns the difference between cene and cense
is that cene is holy communion while cense is (obsolete) a census.As a verb cense is
(obsolete) to perfume with incense.cense
English
Etymology 1
Verb
- The Salii sing and cense his altars round.
Etymology 2
(etyl) cense, (etyl) cens, (etyl) (lena) census.Noun
(en noun)- (Howell)
- (Francis Bacon)
- (Ben Jonson)