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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

And above all, if he were king without a coronation, and without the oil from the sacred ampulla, what advantage was yet open to him by celerity above his competitor the English boy?

From Miscellaneous Essays by De Quincey, Thomas