Asperges

[æ'spә:dʒi:z]

(n.) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.

(n.) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

Edited by Ervin

n. a short service introductory to the mass so called from the words Asperges me Domine hyssopo et mundabor (Ps. li.).

Editor: Ryan