chalice

[ chal-is ]

noun

1. Ecclesiastical.
   1. a cup for the wine of the Eucharist or Mass.
   2. the wine contained in it.
2. a drinking cup or goblet.
3. a cuplike blossom.

chalice

/ ˈtʃælɪs /

noun

1. poetic.
   a drinking cup; goblet
2. Christianity a gold or silver cup containing the wine at Mass
3. the calyx of a flower, esp a cup-shaped calyx

Other Words From

• chal·iced [chal, -ist], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chalice¹

before 900; Middle English < Middle French < Latin calici- (stem of calix ) cup; replacing Middle English caliz, calc, Old English calic < Latin calici-, as above

Word History and Origins

Origin of chalice¹

C13: from Old French, from Latin calix cup; related to Greek kalux calyx

Example Sentences

In 2019, he and a friend went viral when ESPN panned to them drinking from golden chalices.

From ProPublica

As Davies writes, “If fixing a single letter in the genetic code of a fellow human being isn’t the coveted chalice of salvation, I don’t know what is.”

From MIT Technology Review

The second book, The Chalice, recently came out in paperback.

From The Daily Beast

BH: Now tell me about the community of women you wrote and imagined in The Chalice—a priory of Dominican nuns.

From The Daily Beast

The lamb stands upon an altar and bleeds into a chalice—the Holy Grail.

From The Daily Beast

Specifically, the cup-sharing method, in which one chalice is filled and re-used by all parishioners.

From The Daily Beast

Does this mean wiping the chalice or arranging flowers on the altar?

From The Daily Beast

Across the left arm was the maniple, and in his hand the chalice covered with the paten.

From Project Gutenberg

Madame Chalice had been merely whimsical in sending these violets, which her gardener had brought her that very morning.

From Project Gutenberg

The "sire," fell on the ears of Madame Chalice like a mot in a play; but Valmond, living up to his part, was grave and solicitous.

From Project Gutenberg

Such as Madame Chalice—ah, she was a part of this brave fantasy, this dream of empire, this inspiring play!

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As Madame Chalice had said, either as prince or barber, he was playing a terrible game.

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