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Cantharus
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
A large two-handled drinking cup; the upper basin of a fountain. In an early Christian basilica the cantharus or phiala was the fountain of ablutions. In the Liber Pontificalis, used for a chandelier fed with oil.
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Entry for 'Cantharus'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/c/cantharus.html. 1910.