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aspersorium

[ as-per-sawr-ee-uhm, -sohr- ]

noun

Roman Catholic Church.
plural aspersoria [as-per-, sawr, -ee-, uh, -, sohr, -], aspersoriums.
  1. a vessel for holding holy water.


aspersorium

/ ˌæspəˈsɔːrɪəm /

noun

  1. a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
  2. Also calledaspergillum a perforated instrument used to sprinkle holy water
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aspersorium1

From Medieval Latin, dating back to 1860–65; asperse, -tory 2
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Example Sentences

Several long benches and tables, two comfortable arm-chairs, a handsome crucifix upon the wall, and a bronze aspersorium, composed all the furniture of the room.

A brush or aspersorium, used for sprinkling holy water, was leaning against the wall.

And those figures that moved about it, with censor and aspersorium, were as angels for tenderness and dignity and undoubted power.

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."

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