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Holy water-sprinkling rite
Answer for the clue "Holy water-sprinkling rite ", 8 letters:
asperges
Word definitions for asperges in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Asperges \As*per"ges\, n. [L., Thou shalt sprinkle.] (R. C. Ch.) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water. The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Asperges is a name given to the rite of sprinkling a congregation with holy water . The name comes from the first word in the 9th verse of Psalm 51 (Psalm 50 in the Vulgate ) in the Latin translation which is sung during the traditional form of the rite ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water. 2 The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill. 3 (misspelling of Asperger's English), a shortening of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger%20Syndrome
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sprinkling ritual of the Catholic church, 1550s, from Late Latin asperges , noun use of 2nd person singular future indicative of Latin aspergere "to scatter, strew upon, sprinkle," from ad "to" (see ad- ) + spargere "to sprinkle" (see sparse ). The word ...
Usage examples of asperges.
With a slow movement, he raised three times the asperges brush, and he purified him with a gentle rain.
Before retiring to rest the house-father goes to the cowhouse with holy water and consecrated salt, asperges it from without, and then entering, sprinkles every cow.