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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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 Robert F. Young
Sir Launcelot's theft of the Sangraal was already incorporated in fact, and, as a fait accompli, could not be obviated by a previous theft.
From A Knyght Ther Was by Robert F. Young
Sangraal, Sancgreal, etc., generally said to be the holy plate from which Christ ate at the Last Supper, brought to England by Joseph of Arimathy.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
"The Sangraal," he said, forgetting in his agitation the few odds and ends of Old English he had memorized.
From A Knyght Ther Was by Robert F. Young
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 Robert F. Young
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