asperges

See also: asparges and aspergés

English

Etymology

From Latin aspergō (“to sprinkle”); the rite is so called from the words "Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor" (Psalm 51).

Noun

asperges

  1. A Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water.
  2. The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

Verb

asperges

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asperge

Further reading

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Anagrams

French

Noun

asperges f

  1. plural of asperge

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

aspergēs

  1. second-person singular future active indicative of aspergō

References

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