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Salt, Liturgical Use of
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
It is put into ordinary holy water and Gregorian water (water of consecration), and is also used in the ceremonies of Baptism, a small quantity being placed on the tongue of the person to be baptized, with the words: "Receive the salt of wisdom; may it be to thee a propitiation unto eternal life."
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Entry for 'Salt, Liturgical Use of'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/s/salt-liturgical-use-of.html. 1910.