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Definition of: asperges
(ə·spûr′jēz) noun
1. A short service before the high mass on Sundays during which the celebrant sprinkles the altar and congregation with holy water.
2. An anthem, beginning “Asperges me”, sung during this service. [<L, thou shalt sprinkle]
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