"He felt the ampulla in his cheek — undying mortal sin except by casuistry — and although he had long thought prayer in time of danger indecent, prayers sang in his mind, the long hypnotic cadences of plainchant imploring protection for his love." --Patrick O'Brian, The Surgeon's Mate, 366
"He felt the ampulla in his cheek — undying mortal sin except by casuistry — and although he had long thought prayer in time of danger indecent, prayers sang in his mind, the long hypnotic cadences of plainchant imploring protection for his love." --Patrick O'Brian, The Surgeon's Mate, 366
Plural ampullae.