aspersoryn.
/əˈspəːsəri/ A holy-water sprinkler; an aspersorium or aspergillum.
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1881 F. E. Warren Liturgy Celtic Church 116 It rather resembles an aspersory than a pastoral staff.
1897 Pall Mall Mag. Mar. 367 A holy-water stoup with an aspersory stood at the feet [of a corpse].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
aspersoryadj.
/əˈspəːsəri/ rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
= aspersive adj.
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1848 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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