conspersion

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/kənˈspɜː(ɹ)ʒən/

noun

The act of sprinkling.

OriginLatin cōnspersiō →
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Meanings

nounconspersion (countable and uncountable, plural conspersions)

plural conspersions

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe act of sprinkling.

    The conspersion and washing the door-posts.

    1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latincōnspersiō
  2. Englishconspersion

From Latin cōnspersiō, from cōnspergō (“to sprinkle”).

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APA

conspersion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conspersion

MLA

“conspersion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conspersion. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conspersion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conspersion.

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