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Definition of Asperges
1. n. The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.
Definition of Asperges
1. Noun. A Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water. ¹
2. Noun. (misspelling of Asperger's), a shortening of Asperger Syndrome ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asperges
1. a Roman Catholic rite [n ASPERGES]
Medical Definition of Asperges
1. The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water. The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill. Origin: L, Thou shalt sprinkle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asperges
Literary usage of Asperges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crown Hymnal: Containing English and Latin Hymns; Masses; Litanies; Funeral by L. J. Kavanagh, James Matthew McLaughlin (1912)
"asperges me " is repeated as far as the Psalm. On Passion and Palm Sundays, "
Gloria Patri " is omitted and the " asperges me " is repeated immediately ..."
2. The Parochial Hymn Book: With Words and Accompaniments Containing Devotional by Anatole Police (1897)
"THE asperges. While the Priest sprinkles Holy Water before Solemn Mass on ...
asperges me, etc. АЛТ. Thou shalt, etc. The Priest, returning to the foot of ..."
3. Ecclesiastical Chronicle for Scotland by James Frederick Skinner Gordon (1875)
"One Vat of Silver, with the asperges for the Holy Water. Vestments fur the
Bishop <in<l his Ministers. 1. One Chasuble, with four Dalmatics, three Albs, ..."
4. The Gastronomic Regenerator: A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery by Alexis Soyer (1847)
"Dress three sweetbreads as in the last, and serve a sauce aux pointes d'asperges (No.
101) in the centre. No. 680. Escalopes de Ris de Veau a ..."
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