aspergillum

• On this table were a silver crucifix, a vase filled with holy water, and an aspergillum. —  The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
• Fig. 1 represents the "sprinkling pot sponge," _Eucleptella aspergillum_. —  Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures
• -- (_Eucleptella aspergillum_.)] —  Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures
• He is carrying a holy-water vat, made of brass or wood, containing the blest water, and in his hand is an _aspergillum_ or sprinkler. —  The Parish Clerk
• _Cemeterii de 'martiri_ notices the short columns supporting small vases, in corners of the chapels in the catacombs; and Bottari has published and illustrated in his _Roma sotterranea_ an interesting fresco discovered in the catacombs of S. Agnese, and representing five figures carrying vessels closely resembling those still used for holy water; four of those figures carry branches supposed to be of the palm-tree: the fifth holds an aspergillum with which holy water is still sprinkled. —  The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome

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