aspersorium

American  

[as-per-sawr-ee-uhm, -sohr-] / ˌæs pərˈsɔr i əm, -ˈsoʊr- /

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

plural

aspersoria, aspersoriums

1. a vessel for holding holy water.

2. aspergillum.

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aspersorium British  

/ ˌæspəˈsɔːrɪəm /

noun

1. a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves

2. Also called: aspergillum.  a perforated instrument used to sprinkle holy water

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Etymology

Origin of aspersorium

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

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.

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

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

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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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