"holy water sprinkler" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: holy water sprinklers [plural]
Etymology: (weapon): From its resemblance to the aspergillum. Etymology templates: {{sense|weapon}} (weapon): Head templates: {{en-noun|head=holy water sprinkler}} holy water sprinkler (plural holy water sprinklers)
  1. An aspergillum.
    Sense id: en-holy_water_sprinkler-en-noun-1WrJKPca Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49
  2. (historical) A 16th-century spiked mace similar to a morning star, used mainly in England as a weapon. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Weapons Translations (weapon): piikkinuija (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-holy_water_sprinkler-en-noun-awe8SUxM Disambiguation of Weapons: 13 87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'weapon': 0 100

Inflected forms

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