Ampulla

Definition:

  • (n.) A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.
  • (n.) A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.
  • (n.) The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept.
  • (n.) 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.