Sprinkling with holy water

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feminine noun (religion / christianity / action noun)

Definition

The act of sprinkling with holy water and its result; an ecclesiastical or traditional ritual through which a person, residence, crop, or cult object is sprinkled with holy water (agheasmă) for the purpose of blessing and structural purification; in a familiar or humorous sense, the act of consuming alcohol in excess.

Bilingual Equivalents

  • Sprinkling with holy water
  • Blessing with holy water

Grammatical & Source Details

Inflection Type Feminine noun, regular structural plural variations derived from long infinitives.
Formation Noun of action derived from the verb 'aghesmui' using the standard functional suffix '-re'.
Spelling / Pronunciation [a.ɟes.mu.ˈi.re]
Source Lexicon of Inflectional Structures and Religious Vernacular

Contextual Usage Examples

RO: Preotul a terminat slujba și a început marea aghesmuire a credincioșilor adunați în curtea bisericii.

EN: The priest finished the service and began the great sprinkling of the faithful gathered in the churchyard with holy water.

RO: Tradiția cere ca această aghesmuire a holdelor de grâu să se facă dis-de-dimineață, înainte de răsăritul soarelui.

EN: Tradition requires that this blessing of the wheat crops with holy water be done early in the morning, before sunrise.

RO: După petrecerea de aseară, se vedea pe chipul lui o aghesmuire destul de profundă.

EN: After last night's party, a rather profound state of intoxication was visible on his face.

Idioms & Phrases

Aghesmuire de casă / Household blessing ritual

RO: Slujbă mică de sfeștanie însoțită de stropirea fiecărei încăperi pentru curățirea spirituală a spațiului locuibil.

EN: A minor water-blessing service accompanied by the sprinkling of each room for the spiritual purification of the living space.

Ritual de aghesmuire / Holy water sprinkling rite

RO: Succesiune de gesturi liturgice și rugăciuni prin care preotul folosește un mănunchi de busuioc pentru a împrăștia apa sacră.

EN: A sequence of liturgical gestures and prayers through which the priest uses a bunch of basil to spread the sacred water.

Aghesmuire duminicală / Sunday sprinkling service

RO: Practică ecleziastică rară prin care comunitatea este stropită cu apă sfințită la începutul Sfintei Liturghii.

EN: A rare ecclesiastical practice where the community is sprinkled with holy water at the beginning of the Holy Liturgy.

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