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