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单词 holy grail
释义

Holy Grail

or holy grail


noun

grail (def. 1).

Origin of Holy Grail

First recorded in 1580–90

Words nearby Holy Grail

holy day, holy day of obligation, Holy Family, Holy Father, Holy Ghost, Holy Grail, holy grass, Holyhead, Holy Hour, Holy Innocents' Day, Holy Island
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Example sentences from the Web for Holy Grail

  • In this holy-grail story, though, the object Parsifal seeks is simply the drinking cup he used when he was young.

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British Dictionary definitions for Holy Grail

Holy Grail

noun

  1. Also called: Grail, Sangraal (in medieval legend) the bowl used by Jesus at the Last Supper. It was allegedly brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea, where it became the quest of many knights
  2. (in modern spirituality) a symbol of the spiritual wholeness that leads a person to union with the divine
informal any desired ambition or goalthe Holy Grail of infrared astronomy

Word Origin for Holy Grail

C14 grail from Old French graal, from Medieval Latin gradālis bowl, of unknown origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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