Volume 12, Number 3—March 2006

Etymologia

Etymologia: Aspergillus

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Figure 2. An aspergillum (from the Latin aspergere, "to scatter"), a device used for sprinkling holy water during a liturgical service. Photograph courtesy of Davide Borgonovo.

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