Definition of "navicula" [navicula]

• Eccles., a vessel formed like the hull of a boat, used to hold a supply of incense for the thurible; an incense-boat. (noun)
• A genus of diatoms, typical of the family Naviculaceæ, having the oblong or lanceolate frustules free, the valves convex, with a median longitudinal line, and nodules at the center and extremities, valves striated, and the striæ resolvable into dots. The genus is widely distributed, and contains several hundred species, many of which rest on very slight characters. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Pars ista ostendit pericula navicule Sancti Petri et primo sic: Inter Christians sunt forte multa secreta de quibus secretis poterit orribilis revelatio sicut de Templariis evenire…hoc etiam dico de quibusdam palam turipissimus et sensibus manifestis, proper quepericlitatur navicula Santi Petri."
• "Porro etsi Dominus ipse in Petri navicula dormiat, nimietate tempestatis compulsus, ipsum quoque fiducialiter excitabo, quatenus Spiritus oris sui tempestate sedata tranquillum faciat et serenum."
• "Cicero here says (Marius) cum parva navicula pervectus in"