ASPERSION
Aspersion
Aspersion, 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. The word is formed of the Latin aspergere, 'to sprinkle', of ad, 'to', and spargo, 'I scatter' .The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Aspersion
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
aspersion
Noun
- An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….
- A sprinkling of .
The above text is a snippet from Wiktionary: aspersion
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.