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aspersorium
[ as-per-sawr-ee-uhm, -sohr- ]
noun
Roman Catholic Church.
plural aspersoria aspersoriums.
- a vessel for holding holy water.
aspersorium
/ ˌæ²õ±èəˈ²õɔ˰ùɪə³¾ /
noun
- a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
- Also calledaspergillum a perforated instrument used to sprinkle holy water
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Origin of aspersorium1
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Several long benches and tables, two comfortable arm-chairs, a handsome crucifix upon the wall, and a bronze aspersorium, composed all the furniture of the room.
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A brush or aspersorium, used for sprinkling holy water, was leaning against the wall.
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And those figures that moved about it, with censor and aspersorium, were as angels for tenderness and dignity and undoubted power.
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After dark he will not move a yard from his camp without a flaring torch of paper bark, a fiery aspersorium for the scaring of the "debil-debil."
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