holy water sprinkler

English

Etymology

Weapon: from its resemblance to the aspergillum

Noun

holy water sprinkler (plural holy water sprinklers)

  1. aspergillum
  2. a 16th-century spiked mace similar to a morning star used mainly in England as a weapon

Translations
aspergillum — see aspergillum
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