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Ampulla

noun
(pl. ampullae)
1.
The dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear.
2.
A flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or oils.



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... sword; DUNOIS with the sceptre, other nobles with the regalia; others with sacrificial offerings. Behind these, KNIGHTS with the ornaments of their order; choristers with incense; two BISHOPS with the ampulla; the ARCHBISHOP with the crucifix. JOHANNA follows, with her banner, she walks with downcast head and wavering steps; her sisters, on beholding her, express their astonishment and joy. Behind her ...
— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller
... at the hands of a sans culotte or of the most respectable of bourgeois, led away by the excitement of revolt. The depredations were irreparable; they razed, burned, or ruthlessly shattered shrines, statues, or even reliquaries, as at Reims, where the Sainted Ampulla, which contained the miraculous oil brought by a dove from heaven, now preserved in reconstructed fragments in the sacristy, was dashed to pieces in a fury of ...
— The Cathedrals of Northern France • Francis Miltoun


Words linked to "Ampulla" :   channel, epithelial duct, duct, canal, body part, flask


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