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asperges

 
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(ə-spûr'jēz) pronunciation
n. Roman Catholic Church
The ceremony of sprinkling the altar, clergy, and congregation with holy water.

[From Latin aspergēs (mē), you will sprinkle (me), the first words of the rite, second person sing. future tense of aspergere, to sprinkle. See asperse.]


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asperges (əspûr'jəs), ceremonial sprinkling of the people with holy water by the priest before the Sunday High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church. The accompanying antiphon begins, Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor [Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, O Lord, and I shall be cleansed]. At Easter time the antiphon is different, beginning, Vidi aquam [I saw water]; this is based on Ezek. 47.2.


 
 
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holy water (in Christianity)
Vidi Aquam, antiphon (8. T/GR 708) (Classical Work)
Asperges me, Domine, motet for 4 voices (Classical Work)

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