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asperges

asperges noun: a Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water. Also the third-person singular simple present indicative of asperge.

Noun

asperges

  1. A Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water.
  2. The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

Also used as

asperges is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of asperge.

Origin of asperges

From Latin aspergō (“to sprinkle”); the rite is so called from the words "Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor" (Psalm 51).

Questions about asperges

What does asperges mean?
Asperges means a Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water.
What part of speech is asperges?
Asperges is a noun.

Words near asperges in the dictionary

  1. Asperger's
  2. Asperger's syndrome
  3. Aspergerian
  4. Aspergerians
  5. aspergers
  6. asperges
  7. Aspergian
  8. Aspergians
  9. Aspergic
  10. Aspergics
  11. aspergil

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