holy water sprinkler

English

Etymology

(weapon): From its resemblance to the aspergillum.

Noun

holy water sprinkler (plural holy water sprinklers)

1. An aspergillum.
2. (historical) A 16th-century spiked mace similar to a morning star, used mainly in England as a weapon.

Translations

aspergillum — see aspergillum

weapon

• Finnish: piikkinuija