Difference between revisions of "Aspersion"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_88863" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_88863" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21227" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21227" /> == | ||
<p> (1.) a name given by the early writers to baptism by pouring or sprinkling. (See [[Baptism]]). </p> <p> (2.) In the | <p> '''(1.)''' a name given by the early writers to baptism by pouring or sprinkling. (See [[Baptism]]). </p> <p> '''(2.)''' In the Roman Church, sprinkling of person or things with the so-called holy water is called " aspersion." The water is mixed with salt, and blessed by a given form of benediction for use in the church or at the altar.- Boissonnet, Diet. des Ceremonies, p. 105. (See [[Holy Water]]). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == |
Latest revision as of 08:57, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.
(2): (n.) The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(1.) a name given by the early writers to baptism by pouring or sprinkling. (See Baptism).
(2.) In the Roman Church, sprinkling of person or things with the so-called holy water is called " aspersion." The water is mixed with salt, and blessed by a given form of benediction for use in the church or at the altar.- Boissonnet, Diet. des Ceremonies, p. 105. (See Holy Water).