aspergillum

• aspergil, aspergill

From Ecclesiastical Latin aspergillum, from aspergō (“to sprinkle”).

• enPR: ăs′pər-jĭl′əm
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌas.pəˈd͡ʒɪl.əm/
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌæs.pəˈd͡ʒɪl.əm/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌæs.pəɹˈd͡ʒɪl.əm/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌɛs.pɐˈd͡ʒəl.əm/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌas.pəɹˈd͡ʒɪl.əm/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌæs.pɜʳˈd͡ʒil.um/
• Rhymes: -ɪləm
• Hyphenation: as‧per‧gil‧lum

aspergillum (plural aspergilla or aspergillums)

2. (Christianity) An implement, in the form of a brush or of a rod with a perforated container, for sprinkling holy water; a holy-water sprinkle.

   Synonyms: holy water sprinkler, rantistirion

   • 1994, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, “Introduction: Classic Monarchy”, in Juliet Vale, transl., The Royal French State, 1460-1610, page 6:

     The king’s authority held sway not only over the knight’s mighty sword, but also over the episcopal cross and aspergillum: for the bishops plied back and forth between court and province like all the other lords.

• aspergilliform
• Aspergillus

From aspergō (“to sprinkle”) +‎ -illum (diminutive suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [as.pɛrˈɡɪl.lũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [as.perˈd͡ʒil.lum]
• Hyphenation: as‧per‧gil‧lum

aspergillum n (genitive aspergillī); second declension

2. (Christianity) aspergillum (implement for sprinkling holy water)

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• aspergillum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.