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Answer for the clue "Holy water-sprinkling rite ", 8 letters:
asperges

Word definitions for asperges in dictionaries

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.