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Parsifal

American  
[pahr-suh-fuhl, -fahl] / ˈpɑr sə fəl, -ˌfɑl /

noun

  1. (italics) an opera (composed 1877–82; premiere 1882) by Richard Wagner.

  2. Teutonic Legend, Arthurian Legend. Percival.


Parsifal British  
/ ˈpɑːsɪfəl, -ˌfɑːl /

noun

  1. English eqivalent: PercivalGerman myth the hero of a medieval cycle of legends about the Holy Grail

"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

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She achieves it—and, instead of dropping dead at the end, as usual, lifts the Grail in tandem with Parsifal.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

“A lot of European companies have lost ground,” said Parsifal D’Sola, executive director of the Center of Chinese-Latin American Investigations.

From Seattle Times Jul. 16, 2023

King, who is from South Africa, has just finished a day of work aboard Parsifal III, the 177-foot sailing yacht that provides a setting for some of the most outrageous antics in the Bravo universe.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2022

The impressionists, too, were entranced: Renoir travelled to Palermo, Sicily, to portray Wagner when he was composing Parsifal.

From The Guardian Jan. 19, 2021

But there is a deadly serious intent in Parsifal.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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