ampulla
noun/æmˈpʊlə/
Etymology From Latin ampulla. Doublet of ampoule.
1
Historical An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel.
2
A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil.
- Miraculously moist, the chrism was kept in an ampulla in Reims cathedral where the coronations of the kings of France were held.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 8:
- Derived terms
- ampullaceous, ampulla of Lorenzini, ampulla of Vater, ampullar, ampullary, ampullate, ampullectomy, ampullofugal
- Related terms
- ampoule