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aspergill (Latin: aspergere, to sprinkle) A small brush or instrument for sprinkling holy water in liturgical services. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Asperges, The is a short service introductory to the mass in the Roman Catholic Church, consisting of portions of the, fifty-first Psalm, certain versicles and responses, and a collect, during which the congregation is sprinkled with holy water by the priest officiant. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

asperges (Latin aspergere, to sprinkle) The sprinkling of the people with holy water on Sundays before the principal Mass. The ceremony takes its name from the first word, in Latin, of a verse of the 50th Psalm, recited and sung: “Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop,” etc. During the paschal time “Viai aquam” is sung … Continue reading “Asperges”

Aspendus A titular see of Pamphylia in Asia Minor, situated along the Eurymedon, on a lofty hill that commands a view of the distant sea. Its episcopal list (325-787) is given in Gams (p. 450). ———————————– LEQUIEN, Oriens Christ. (1740), I, 99; SMITH, Dict. of Christ. Geogr., I, 241. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume ICopyright © … Continue reading “Aspendus”

Aspen See Mulberry Fuente: Plants Animals Of Bible

Aspelekji in Slavonic mythology, was one of the household goddesses who inhabited the dwellings of men. It was said that they dwelt in dark corners. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aspatha (Heb. Aspatha’, , prob. Sanscrit Aspadata, given by a horse, i.e. by Brahmah in the form of a horse [comp. the Persian name or , Died. Sic. ii, 33]; Sept. , etc.), the third of the sons of Hainan slain by the Jews of Babylonia (Est 9:7). B.C. 473. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Aspatha”

Aspalathus (), a word which occurs only in Sir 24:15, of the Apocrypha, where the substance which it indicates is enumerated with other spices and perfumes to which wisdom is compared. It was no doubt one of the drugs employed by the ancients as a perfume and incense, as it is described Ly Dioscorides (i, … Continue reading “Aspalathus”

Asp, Matthias a Swedish theologian and philologist, was born May 14, 1696. He studied at Lund and at Upsal, and was made master of arts in 1716. After having travelled in Holland, England, France, and Germany, he obtained, on his return to Upsal, the chair of Greek and Hebrew, which he exchanged in 1737 for … Continue reading “Asp, Matthias”

ASP Hebrew Pethen, a kind of serpent, whose poison is of such rapid operation, that it kills almost the instant it penetrates, without a possibility of remedy. It is said to be very small, not more than a foot in length. Forskal supposes it to be the Baetan, or Coluber Lebetina of Linaeus; but the … Continue reading “Asp”