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communion cup

noun Ecclesiastical.

a chalice from which a communicant drinks.

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Origin of communion cup

First recorded in 1635–45

Words nearby communion cup

communicative competence, communicator, communicology, communion, communion cloth, communion cup, communionist, communion of saints, communion plate, communion rail, Communion Sunday

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