aspersorium
Americannoun
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a vessel for holding holy water.
noun
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a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
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Also called: aspergillum. a perforated instrument used to sprinkle holy water
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of aspersorium
From Medieval Latin, dating back to 1860–65; see origin at asperse, -tory 2
Example Sentences
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In the vestibule Bishop Schrembs censed the Cardinal Legate, presented him with a crucifix and aspersorium.
From Time Magazine Archive
After dark he will not move a yard from his camp without a flaring torch of paper bark, a fiery aspersorium for the scaring of the "debil-debil."
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
And those figures that moved about it, with censor and aspersorium, were as angels for tenderness and dignity and undoubted power.
From None Other Gods by Benson, Robert Hugh
A brush or aspersorium, used for sprinkling holy water, was leaning against the wall.
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
Sprinkle, spring′kl, v.t. to scatter in small drops or particles: to scatter on: to baptise with a few drops of water: to purify.—v.i. to scatter in drops.—n. an aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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