English Explanatory Dictionary

asperges

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water.
  2. The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of asperge

Word forms

asperges

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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