urceole

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. 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.

词形变化

urceoles plural

词源

From Latin urceolus.
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