Asperges Definition

ə-spûrjēz

noun

In the Roman Catholic Church and some other churches, the ceremony of sprinkling the altar, clergy, and congregation with holy water.

American Heritage

The sprinkling of altar, clergy, and people with holy water before High Mass.

Webster's New World

A hymn sung during this ceremony, beginning Asperges me.

Webster's New World

A Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water.

Wiktionary

The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

Wiktionary

Origin of Asperges

From Latin aspergēs (mē) you will sprinkle (me), the first words of the rite second person sing. future tense of aspergere to sprinkle asperse

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin aspergō (“to sprinkle”).

From Wiktionary

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