SPRINKLING

• (noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water

  "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water", "a sparge of warm water over the malt"

  synonyms : sparge , sprinkle

• (noun) the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)

  synonyms : aspersion

  The priest performed aspersion by sprinkling holy water on the baby. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

  synonyms : scattering , sprinkle

• (noun) a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly

  "the first scatterings of green", "a sprinkling of grey at his temples"

  synonyms : scattering

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