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asperges.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
asperges.
Principal English Translation: 

a chant the priest says when blessing the altar and congregation with holy water (originally from Latin) (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

yquac mitoa asperges .. teteochihua yca ysopo (Jalostotitlan, Jalisco, 1611)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 27.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)
Water