Crossword clues for asperges
asperges
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.
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 is taken from the phrase Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor, from Psalm 51 (Vulgate), sung during the rite of sprinkling a congregation with holy water.
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
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 (or optionally in the ordinary rite) except during Eastertide. The 51st Psalm is also one of the antiphons that may be sung in the rite under the Mass of Paul VI.
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.