See also:AMPULLA (either a diminutive of See also:amphora, of from See also:Lat. See also:ambo, both, and olla, a pot)
, a small, narrow-necked, See also:round-bodied See also:- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
vase for holding liquids, especially oil and perfumes
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It is the Latin See also:term See also:equivalent to the See also:Greek X7'7KVBos
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It was used in See also:ancient times for See also:toilet purposes and See also:anointing the bodies of the dead, being then buried with them
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See also:Gildas mentions the use-of ampullae as established among the Britons in his See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, and St See also:Columba is said to have employed one in the See also:coronation of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Aidan
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Both the name and the See also:function of the See also:ampulla have survived in the Western See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, where it still signifies the See also:vessel containing the oil consecrated by the See also:bishop for See also:ritual uses, especially in the sacraments of See also:Confirmation, Orders and Extreme See also:Unction
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The word occurs repeatedly in the service of coronation of the See also:English See also:sovereign in connexion with the ancient ceremony of anointing by the See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, which is still observed
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The ampulla of the See also:regalia of See also:England takes the See also:form of a See also:golden See also:eagle with outspread wings
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The most celebrated ampulla in See also:history was that known as la sainte ampoule, in the See also:abbey of St Remi at See also:Reims, from which the See also:kings of See also:France were anointed
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According to the See also:legend it had been brought from See also:heaven by a See also:dove for the coronation of See also:Clovis, and at one See also:period the kings of France claimed See also:precedence over all other sovereigns on See also:account of it
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It was destroyed at the Revolution
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The word " ampulla " is used in See also:biology, by See also:analogy from the shape, for a certain portion of the See also:anatomy of a plant or See also:animal
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