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Aspersion (la. aspergere/aspersio), in a religious context, is the act of sprinkling with water, especially holy water.Aspersion is a method used in baptism as an alternative to immersion or affusion.
Incipit of the standard Gregorian chant setting of the Asperges, from the Liber Usualis.. Where the 1962 Latin Missal is used, the Asperges is done before the principal Mass on Sunday, except on Palm Sunday, when it is replaced with the blessing of palms followed by a procession; [1] it is also omitted when a Pontifical High Mass is celebrated on Sundays.
An aspergillum is used in Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican ceremonies, including the Rite of Baptism and during the Easter Season. [3] In addition, a priest will use the aspergillum to bless the candles during Candlemas services and the palms during Palm Sunday Mass. [4] At a requiem, if a coffin is present, the priest will sprinkle holy water on the coffin.
Cornu aspersum in warm regions commonly emerges in moist weather in winter. Sinistral form (exceptional) and dextral form (common) The adult bears a hard, thin calcareous shell 25–40 millimetres (1– 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) in diameter and 25–35 millimetres (1– 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) high, with four or five whorls.
Incipit of the standard Gregorian chant setting of the Asperges, from the Liber Usualis. Asperges me is a Latin antiphon said or sung at a Roman Catholic High Mass in all seasons except the Easter (Paschal) season and Palm Sunday.
Helix is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails native to the western Palaearctic and characterized by a globular shell. [1] [2]It is the type genus of the family Helicidae, and one of the animal genera described by Carl Linnaeus [3] at the dawn of the zoological nomenclature.
Meanwhile, George and Mitchell have problems with the new administrator at the St. Judes Hospital, Dr. Declan McGough. Since Dr. Declan McGough is working at the hospital, the members there are scared to get sacked. Dr. Declan McGough controls how they are working and tells the employees to asperse each other at him if something is wrong.
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from P to Z. See also the lists from A to G and from H to O.