noun a cruet for the wine and water at mass.
2. ampulla ·noun a narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.
3. ampulla ·noun the vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept.
4. ampulla ·noun any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.