Asperges

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Asperges \As*per"ges\, n. [L., Thou shalt sprinkle.] (R. C. Ch.)
     (a) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.
     (b) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an
         aspergill.
         [1913 Webster] Aspergill