单词 | aquamanile |
释义 | aquamanile /ak'weuh meuh nuy"lee, ah'kweuh meuh nee"lay/, n. , pl. aquamaniles /-nuy"leez, -nee"lays/, aquamanilia /-nil"ee euh/. 1. a medieval ewer, often made in grotesque animal forms. 2. Eccles. a basin used by a celebrant for washing the hands during the saying of the Mass. Also, aquaemanale, aquamanale. [1870-75; < ML, LL: alter. (perh. by assoc. with manus hand) of L aquiminale, aquae manale ewer, equiv. to aquae, gen. of aqua water + manale (or manale), perh. deriv. of manare to flow, pour] |
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