Sangrail

British

/ ˈsæŋɡrɪəl, sæŋˈɡreɪl /

noun

another name for the Holy Grail

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Etymology

Origin of Sangrail

C15: from Old French Saint Graal. See _saint , _{Holy Grail}

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Sangrail

I've never found him quite as devastatingly debonair as Clovis Sangrail, with his mulberry eyes and lowered dexter eyelid.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2010

Another was Clovis Sangrail, a young man much given to the kind of "gorgeous hoax" that might scandalize a dull house party.

From Time Magazine Archive

The brave knight, Gurnemanz, dragged his master fainting from the garden, his companions of the Sangrail covering their retreat.

From Parsifal Story and Analysis of Wagner's Great Opera by H. R. (Hugh Reginald) Haweis

The trouble was, as he confided to Clovis Sangrail, that he never had enough available or even prospective cash at his command to enable him to fix the wager at a figure really worth winning.

From The Toys of Peace, and other papers by Saki

Clovis Sangrail, who knew most of his associates by sight, said it was undoubtedly a case of protective mimicry.

From Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki

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