Sangraal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Sangraal
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English sangrayle, seynt Graal, from Old French Saint Graal; see saint ( def. ), grail ( def. )
Example Sentences
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It wasn't so much the fact that she didn't believe he would take the Sangraal that bothered him: it was the fact that she couldn't conceive of him taking it.
From A Knyght Ther Was by Young, Robert F.
Mallory let him pass, straining his eyes in vain for a glimpse of the Sangraal.
From A Knyght Ther Was by Young, Robert F.
Overtaking her wasn't of paramount importance anyway: he could confiscate the Sangraal after she returned it just as easily as he could before.
From A Knyght Ther Was by Young, Robert F.
As the "portcullis" closed behind him, symbolically bringing phase one of Operation Sangraal to a close, he thought of Jason Perfidion.
From A Knyght Ther Was by Young, Robert F.
"Ye will come unto the chamber of the Sangraal sixty paces down the corridor to thy left eftsoon ye enter the chief fortress, sir knight," one of the warders called down.
From A Knyght Ther Was by Young, Robert F.
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