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 g-ds 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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