aspergen.
1. A sprinkling of holy water. Obsolete.
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1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 428/1 What are all their asperges of holie water that the Papistes vse?
2. An aspergillum.
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1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art I. 375 The pot of holy water, the asperge in her hand.
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aspergev.
/əˈspəːdʒ/, U.S. /əˈspərdʒ/ 1. To sprinkle, besprinkle.
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1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. xxv A Cockrel or a Pullet..rosted and with butter & veneger asperged.
1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. i. 5 He who entering into a Church doth not asperge himselfe.
1875 H. Kingsley No. Seventeen II. xvii. 205 Being asperged with holy water by a priest.
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