Dictionary.com
definitions

chalice

[chal-is]

noun

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

RELATED CONTENT

Yesterday, President Obama mentioned a “holy grail.” What does it mean exactly?In a speech yesterday, President Obama called tax cuts for the wealthy the Republicans’ “Holy Grail.” The term is so rich in myth and history that we can’t resist the opportunity for elucidation. For the record, the President was using the term “Holy Grail” informally and figuratively. In his quote, the reference implies “any greatly desired and sought-after objective; ultimate ideal or reward.” We are more …
READ MORE
Why is Catholic Church changing its official Mass?This weekend the Catholic Church is changing the required English-language Mass. This is a big deal because it is the third time in the 1700-year history of the Church that the Mass is being formally changed, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. First let’s review a brief history of the Catholic Church. The Church and its sacred documents were codified at the Council of Nicaea in …
READ MORE

Nearby words

  1. chaldron,
  2. chalet,
  3. chalets,
  4. chaleur bay,
  5. chaliapin,
  6. chaliced,
  7. chalicosis,
  8. chalicothere,
  9. chalk,
  10. chalk and talk

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
Related formschal·iced [chal-ist] /ˈtʃæl ɪst/, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
British Dictionary definitions for chaliced

chaliced

adjective

(of plants) having cup-shaped flowers

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
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
Word Origin and History for chaliced

chalice

n.

early 14c., from Anglo-French chalice, from Old French chalice, collateral form of calice (Modern French calice), from Latin calicem (nominative calix) "cup," cognate with Greek kylix "cup, drinking cup, cup of a flower," from PIE root *kal- "cup." Ousted Old English cognate cælic, an ecclesiastical borrowing of the Latin word, and earlier Middle English caliz, from Old North French.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper