"accensor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ækˈsɛnsɚ/, /əkˈsɛnsɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-accensor.wav Forms: accensors [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin accēnsor, from accendō (“light, kindle”) + -tor (agent noun suffix). Compare accend. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|EL.|accēnsor}} Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin accēnsor Head templates: {{en-noun}} accensor (plural accensors)
  1. (Roman Catholicism) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers. Categories (topical): Roman Catholicism

Inflected forms

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