asperges

n. 洒圣水礼

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water.

  2. 2.

    The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

v.
  1. 1.

    third-person singular simple present indicative of asperge

词源

From Latin aspergō (“to sprinkle”); the rite is so called from the words "Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor" (Psalm 51).

来源:wiktionary