Also 1 elefæt, 5 elevat. [OE. elefæt, f. ELE, oil + fæt vessel: see VAT.] An oil-vessel, an ampulla: see AMPULLA 2.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 123. Emicadium, elefæt. Ibid. (c. 1050), 437. Legithum, ampellan, oððe elefæt. Ibid. (c. 1450), 593. Lechitus, an elevat. Ibid. (c. 1450), 592. Lenticula, a crismatorye or an Elvat. Ibid. (c. 1450), 621. Xrismatorium, the Eluat.
