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chalice

 
Dictionary: chal·ice   (chăl'ĭs) pronunciation
n.
  1. A cup or goblet.
  2. A cup for the consecrated wine of the Eucharist.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin calix, calic-.]


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chalice [Lat.,=cup], ancient name for a drinking cup, retained for the eucharistic or communion cup. Its use commemorates the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Celebrated examples are the Great Chalice of Antioch (Syriac), of embossed silver, excavated there in 1910 and attributed to the 1st cent., and an elaborately ornamented chalice found in 1868 at Ardagh, Ireland, and believed to be Celtic work of the 9th or 10th cent. See Grail, Holy.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
  Synonym: goblet


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A chalice can refer to;


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bæger, kalk, bægerformet blomst

Nederlands (Dutch)
kelk

Français (French)
n. - calice

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kelch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κύλιξ, κύλικας, (θρησκ.) (άγιο) δισκοπότηρο

Italiano (Italian)
calice

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cálice (m)

Русский (Russian)
чаша, кубок

Español (Spanish)
n. - cáliz

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bägare, nattvardskalk, blomkalk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
杯, 圣餐杯

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 杯, 聖餐杯

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성배, 잔 모양의 꽃

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 聖餐杯, 杯

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كأس, الخمر, كأس, العشاء الرباني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גביע, קובעת‬


 
 

 

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