[f. prec., or next.] a. A sprinkling of holy water (obs.). b. An aspergillum.
1579. Tomson, Calvin’s Serm. Tim., 428/1. What are all their asperges of holie water that the Papistes vse?
1848. Mrs. Jameson, Sacr. & Leg. Art (1850), 226. The pot of holy water, the asperge in her hand.
