Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Praefericulum

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

PRAEFERIC'ULUM. A metal vase, without any handle, and widely open above, like the pelvis, employed for holding the sacred utensils which were carried in procession at certain religious solemnities. Festus, s. v.