AQUAMANILE
\ˈakwɐmˌana͡ɪl], \ˈakwɐmˌanaɪl], \ˈa_k_w_ɐ_m_ˌa_n_aɪ_l]\
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The basin in which, according to the ancient church ceremony, the priest washes his hands in celebrating the mass. Also applied to vessels of the ewer kind formerly used in private houses, and frequently made into grotesque forms representing a real or fabulous animal or the like.
By Daniel Lyons
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