Aspersorium
a vessel for holding holy water.
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Historical Examples
The brush used for sprinkling is an aspergill (aspergillum), or aspersoir, and the vessel for this water an aspersorium.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 Various
And those figures that moved about it, with censor and aspersorium, were as angels for tenderness and dignity and undoubted power.
None Other Gods Robert Hugh Benson
A brush or aspersorium, used for sprinkling holy water, was leaning against the wall.
Under the Rose Frederic Stewart Isham
noun (RC Church) (pl) -ria (-rɪə), -riums
a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
Also called aspergillum. a perforated instrument used to sprinkle holy water
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