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conspersion

/kənˈspɜː(ɹ)ʒən/

conspersion noun: the act of sprinkling.

Noun

conspersion (countable and uncountable, plural conspersions)

  1. (obsolete) The act of sprinkling.
    • The conspersion and washing the door-posts.1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC

Forms of conspersion

pluralconspersions

Origin of conspersion

From Latin cōnspersiō, from cōnspergō (“to sprinkle”).

Questions about conspersion

What does conspersion mean?
Conspersion means the act of sprinkling.
What part of speech is conspersion?
Conspersion is a noun.
How do you pronounce conspersion?
Conspersion is pronounced /kənˈspɜː(ɹ)ʒən/.
What is the plural of conspersion?
The plural of conspersion is conspersions.

Words near conspersion in the dictionary

  1. conspecifics
  2. conspecifity
  3. conspection
  4. conspectus
  5. conspectuses
  6. conspersion
  7. conspersions
  8. conspicious
  9. conspicuities
  10. conspicuity
  11. conspicuosity

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