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    Virgo A c e ns e r i s a v e s se l u s e d f o r b u r n i n g i n c e n s e a n d d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e O l d F r e n c h c en s i e r , a n a p h e t i c o f e n c en s ier w h i c h m e a n s “ i n ce n s e . ” 1 T h e w o r d b oy a p p e a r s t o h a v e e n t e r e d t h e E n g l i s h la n g u a g e i n t h e mi d - 1 2 t h c e n t u r y a s b o i e, “ s e r v a n t , c o mm o n e r , k n a v e , b o y. ” P o ss i b le s o u r c e s i n c l u d e t he

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    Virgo A c e ns e r i s a v e s se l u s e d f o r b u r n i n g i n c e n s e a n d d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e O l d F r e n c h c en s i e r , a n a p h e t i c o f e n c en s ier w h i c h m e a n s “ i n ce n s e . ” 1 T h e w o r d b oy a p p e a r s t o h a v e e n t e r e d t h e E n g l i s h la n g u a g e i n t h e mi d - 1 2 t h c e n t u r y a s b o i e, “ s e r v a n t , c o mm o n e r , k n a v e , b o y. ” P o ss i b le s o u r c e s i n c l u d e t he

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    Virgo A c e ns e r i s a v e s se l u s e d f o r b u r n i n g i n c e n s e a n d d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e O l d F r e n c h c en s i e r , a n a p h e t i c o f e n c en s ier w h i c h m e a n s “ i n ce n s e . ” 1 T h e w o r d b oy a p p e a r s t o h a v e e n t e r e d t h e E n g l i s h la n g u a g e i n t h e mi d - 1 2 t h c e n t u r y a s b o i e, “ s e r v a n t , c o mm o n e r , k n a v e , b o y. ” P o ss i b le s o u r c e s i n c l u d e t he

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    26: A boy with a censer

    A c e ns e r i s a v e s se l u s e d f o r b u r n i n g i n c e n s e a n d d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e O l d F r e n c h c en s i e r , a n a p h e t i c o f e n c en s ier w h i c h m e a n s i n ce n s e . 1 T h e w o r d b oy a p p e a r s t o h a v e e n t e r e d t h e E n g l i s h la n g u a g e i n t h e mi d - 1 2 t h c e n t u r y a s

    b o i e, s e r v a n t , c o mm o n e r , k n a v e , b o y. P o ss i b le
    s o u r c e s i n c l u d e t he O l d F r e n c h e m b ui e , on e f e t t e r e d , f r o m t h e L a t i n b o i a , " l e g i ro n , y o k e , l e a t h e r co l l a r " a n d t h e G r e e k b o ei a i do ra i , " o x hides."2 TH EMES : A c e nse r i s a co n t a i n e r f o r b u r n i n g i n c e n s e , e sp e ci a l l y o n e s w u n g on a c ha i n i n a r e l i g i o u s r i t u a l. 3 A s a n o un t h e w o r d c h a i n me a n s a co n n e ct e d , f l e x i b l e s e r i e s o f l i n k s , t yp i c a l l y o f me t a l, u s e d e s p e c i a l ly f o r h o l d i n g o b j e c t s t o g e t h e r o r r e s t r a i n i n g o r f o r t r a n s m i t t i n g m e c ha n i c a l p o w e r. T h e p l u r a l n o u n ch a i n s m e a n s b on d s , f e t t e r s, o r s h a ck l e s . 4 R e c a l l t h a t r o o t s o f t h e w o r d b oy m e n t i on v a r i o u s b on d , f e t t e r s, a n d s h a c k l e s , s p e ci f i c a l l y le g i r on s , y o k e s, a n d l e a t h e r c o l l a r s . W e m i g h t f u r t h e r n o t e t h a t t he w o r d r e l i g i o u s d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e I n d o - E u r op e a n ( IE ) r o o t l ei g1 w h i c h me a n s t o b i n d a n d t he L a t i n r e l i g ar e w h i c h m e a n s t o t i e fa s t . 5 T o b i n d, t o t i e f a s t , b o n d s, f e t t e r s, s h a c k l e s , c ha i n s, le g i ro n s , y o k e s , l e a t h e r co l l a r s t he t h e me h e r e i s u n m i s t a k a b l e . I t i s RE ST RAI NT .

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    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=censer http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=boy http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/cgi -bin/wn?cmd=wn&word=censer http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/chain 5 Watkins, c. (2000), The American Heritage Diction ary of Indo-European Roots, p. 47; http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/religion Starling Hunter 2011 1

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