cantharuskantharosn.
/ˈkanθərəs/ 1. Historical. A large, two-handled drinking-cup.
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1858 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Cantharus, the name of a peculiarly shaped drinking vessel particularly consecrated to the personifications of Bacchus.
1875 E. Meteyard Wedgwood Handbk. 393 Cantharos.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 180/1 Silver Cantharus from Rhodes, with gold mounts.
1909 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 3/1 Twenty-six drinking cups, one kantharos.
1957 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 6) ii. 33 A two-handled tankard or cantharos with quatrefoil lip.
2. A fountain or laver placed in the courtyard of an ancient church for the use of worshippers.
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cantharus1842
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 943 Cantharus, a fountain or basin of water in the centre of the atrium before the ancient churches.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 626/2 A court enclosed the whole; near the porch was a laver (cantharus) for the ablutions of intending worshippers.
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