| 单词 | the grail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe (Holy) Grail 1. the (Holy) Grail, the Saint Grail or sangrail n.: (in medieval legend) the platter used by Jesus at the Last Supper, in which Joseph of Arimathea received his blood at the cross. The fortunes of ‘the Holy Grail’ (Old French le saint graal, whence Malory has the corrupt form sancgreal: see sangrail n.), and the adventures undergone in the search for it by various knights of Arthur's Round Table, form an important part of the matter of medieval romance. According to one story, it was brought by Joseph of Arimathea to Glastonbury (see the 14th cent. Joseph Arim., where it is called ‘þe dische wiþ þe blode’). Sometimes the Grail or Sangreal has been erroneously supposed to be the cup or chalice used at the Last Supper. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > grail > [noun] the Grailc1330 sangraila1450 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > legend or folk tale > [noun] > types of legend or folk tale > legends or folk tales of specific cultures the Grailc1330 sangrail1470 saga1709 Mahabharata1768 nancy storya1818 Anansi tale1856 Anansi story1873 immram1895 c1330 Arth. & Merl. (Kölbing) 2222 Til he wer born þat schuld do al Fulfille þe meruails of þe greal. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 59 The peple that were ther-at cleped this vessell that thei hadden in so grete grace, the Graal. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y3v Ioseph of Arimathy..Brought with him the holy grayle, (they say). 1685 E. Stillingfleet Origines Britannicæ i. 13 And for all that I can see, the holy Graal deserves as much credit as the Book taken out of Pilat's Palace. 1833 H. W. Longfellow Drift-wood in Prose Wks. (1886) I. 301 The former, indeed, founded upon the marvels of the Saint Graal, contain nothing but strange and miraculous adventures. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Sir Galahad iv, in Poems (new ed.) II. 176 Three angels bear the holy Grail. < as lemmas |
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