Urceole

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A vessel for water or washing the hands in Roman Catholicism.

    "He was next divested of the alb or surplice, and also of the maniple (otherwise called the fanon or fannel), a kind of scarf worn on the left wrist, to denote his degradation from the order of sub-deaconship; after that he surrendered, as acolyte, the candlestick, taper, and small pitcher called urceole; as exorcist, the book of exorcisms; as reader, the lectionary or book of daily lessons; and, as sexton, the surplice of that office and the key of the church-door."

  2. 2
    a vessel that holds water for washing the hands wordnet
  3. 3
    A disc in the center of a flower, often resembling a thickening of the corolla, which holds the carpels.

    "Stamineal urceole 10-15-toothed, with 5-10 of the teeth obtuse and sterile, and the 5 remaining ones alternate and monantherous."

Etymology

From Latin urceolus.

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