asperges
The English word “asperges” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- A Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water.
- The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
Etymology
From Latin aspergō (“to sprinkle”); the rite is so called from the words "Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor" (Psalm 51).
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