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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will pour holy oil from an eagle-shaped ampulla, or flask, then rub it on the king’s hands, chest and head.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2023

For the ceremony, the oil is kept in a solid gold flask called an ampulla, shaped like an eagle.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2018

What they saw surprised them: human-looking bones and what appeared to be a broken lead ampulla – a vessel to hold holy water.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2015

The box also contained a tiny lead vial, or ampulla, that had been twisted open and was in two pieces.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2015

The membranous portion of the semicircular canals consists of a tube, dilated at one end into a swelling or pouch, termed the ampulla, and each end communicates freely with the utricle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various