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noun Ecclesiastical . a cup for the wine of the Eucharist or Mass. the wine contained in it. a drinking cup or goblet.
a cuplike blossom.
Origin of chalice before 900; Middle English <Middle French <Latin calici- (stem of calix ) cup; replacing Middle English caliz, calc, Old English calic <Latin calici-, as above
OTHER WORDS FROM chalice chal·iced [chal -ist], /ˈtʃæl ɪst/, adjective Words nearby chalice Chaldee, chaldron, chalet, Chaleur Bay, Chaliapin, chalice , chaliced, chalicosis, chalicothere, chalk, chalk and talk
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Example sentences from the Web for chalice The second book, The Chalice , recently came out in paperback.
Historical Fiction: A Conversation Between Bruce Holsinger and Nancy Bilyeau | Nancy Bilyeau, Bruce Holsinger| March 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
BH: Now tell me about the community of women you wrote and imagined in The Chalice —a priory of Dominican nuns.
Historical Fiction: A Conversation Between Bruce Holsinger and Nancy Bilyeau | Nancy Bilyeau, Bruce Holsinger| March 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The lamb stands upon an altar and bleeds into a chalice —the Holy Grail.
Hitler’s Hunt for the Holy Grail and the Ghent Altarpiece | Noah Charney| December 21, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Specifically, the cup-sharing method, in which one chalice is filled and re-used by all parishioners.
Can You Catch a Cold at Communion? | Keli Goff| December 13, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Does this mean wiping the chalice or arranging flowers on the altar?
What About Women, Pope Francis? | Janine di Giovanni| August 1, 2013| DAILY BEAST
He leaves to Sir Thomas of Langton, chaplain, a toga of sanguine color furred; a chalice worth 40s., or 40s.
Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England | Edward L. Cutts
Fallen from the blue above, Clearest dew, heaven's drop for me, Pearl dissolved secretly In the chalice of my love.
Enamels and Cameos and other Poems | Thophile Gautier
He had bent one moment, before she took the chalice in her trembling hand.
St. Cuthbert's | Robert E. Knowles
He took another sip and waited, noticing that already there were slight signs of diminution in the contents of the chalice .
Sally Bishop | E. Temple Thurston
The staff on being touched fell to pieces but the chalice was removed to the college to be treasured there.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester | G. H. Palmer
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British Dictionary definitions for chalice noun poetic a drinking cup; goblet
Christianity a gold or silver cup containing the wine at Mass
the calyx of a flower, esp a cup-shaped calyx
Word Origin for chalice C13: from Old French, from Latin calix cup; related to Greek kalux calyx
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