Asperges
noun
- the sprinkling of altar, clergy, and people with holy water before High Mass
- a hymn sung during this ceremony, beginning Asperges me
See Asperges in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ə-spûrˈjēz)
noun Roman Catholic Church The ceremony of sprinkling the altar, clergy, and congregation with holy water.
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