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asperges

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

asperges , 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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asperges

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

asperges the rite of sprinkling holy water at the beginning of the Mass, still used occasionally in Catholic churches. The term comes (in the late 16th century) from the first word of the Latin text of Psalms 50(51):9 (literally ‘thou shalt purge’), recited before mass during the sprinkling of holy water.

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Asperges

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Asperges. In the W. Church the sprinkling of holy water over the altar and people after the entrance rite at Mass on Sundays.

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