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Ampulla
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.
2. A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.
3. The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept. Shipley.
4. Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.