asperges

See also: asparges and aspergés

English

Etymology

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

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.

Translations

Christian rite

• Catalan: asperges m pl
• Polish: aspersja f

instrument

• Catalan: asperges m pl
• Polish: kropidło (pl) n

Verb

asperges

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of asperge

Further reading

asperges on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Grapeses, presages, sperages

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

asperges

1. plural of asperge

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

asperges f

1. plural of asperge

Anagrams

• présages

Latin

Verb

aspergēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of aspergō

References

• asperges in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)