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aquamanalia

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aq⋅ua⋅ma⋅na⋅le

  [ak-wuh-muh-ney-lee, ah-kwuh-]
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–noun, plural -na⋅li⋅a  [-ney-lee-uh] .
aquamanile.

aq⋅ua⋅ma⋅ni⋅le

  [ak-wuh-muh-nahy-lee, ah-kwuh-muh-nee-ley]
–noun, plural -ni⋅les  [-nahy-leez, -nee-leys] , -nil⋅i⋅a  [-nil-ee-uh] .
1. a medieval ewer, often made in grotesque animal forms.
2. Ecclesiastical. a basin used by a celebrant for washing the hands during the saying of the Mass.
Also, aquaemanale, aquamanale.

Origin:
1870–75; < ML, LL: alter. (perh. by assoc. with manus hand) of L aquimināle, aquae mānāle ewer, equiv. to aquae, gen. of aqua water + mānāle (or manāle), perh. deriv. of mānāre to flow, pour
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