aspergillumn.
/aspəˈdʒɪləm/ Roman Catholic Church A kind of brush used to sprinkle holy water: see asperges n.
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a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II xcix, in Poems (1878) III. 161 Fitt for the Aspergillum of this Preist.
1868 Perthshire Jrnl. 18 June After the foundation-stone had been sprinkled with water from the aspergillum.
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