What's the difference between censer and thurible?
Censer
Definition:
(n.) A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned.
Example Sentences:
(1) St Mark's Cathedral was packed with local clerics, visiting clergymen and dignitaries as deacons chanted sombre hymns and bearded, black-clad priests and monks recited prayers and dispensed incense smoke from censers.
Thurible
Definition:
(n.) A censer of metal, for burning incense, having various forms, held in the hand or suspended by chains; -- used especially at mass, vespers, and other solemn services.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Transient Thurible metadata [has been] flowing into NSA repositories since 13 August 2012," the entry states.
(2) An SSO entry dated September 21, 2012, announced that "Transient Thurible, a new Government Communications Head Quarters (GCHQ) managed XKeyScore (XKS) Deep Dive was declared operational."