aquamanile

 [ak-wuh-muh-nahy-lee, ah-kwuh-muh-nee-ley]  

aq·ua·ma·ni·le

   [ak-wuh-muh-nahy-lee, ah-kwuh-muh-nee-ley]
noun, plural aq·ua·ma·ni·les  [-nahy-leez, -nee-leys] , aq·ua·ma·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; < Medieval Latin, Late Latin: alteration (perhaps by association with manus hand) of Latin aquimināle, aquae mānāle ewer, equivalent to aquae, genitive of aqua water + mānāle (or manāle), perhaps derivative of mānāre to flow, pour
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