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chal·ice C0229100 (chăl′ĭs)n.1. A cup or goblet.2. A cup for the consecrated wine of the Eucharist.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin calix, calic-.]chalice (ˈtʃælɪs) n1. poetic a drinking cup; goblet2. (Roman Catholic Church) Christianity a gold or silver cup containing the wine at Mass3. (Botany) the calyx of a flower, esp a cup-shaped calyx[C13: from Old French, from Latin calix cup; related to Greek kalux calyx]chal•ice (ˈtʃæl ɪs)
n. 1. a cup for the wine of the Eucharist. 2. a drinking cup or goblet. 3. a cuplike blossom. [1350–1400; < Old French < Latin calicem < calix cup; compare early Middle English caliz < Anglo-French, Old English cælc, calic < Latin] chalice - From Latin calix, "cup," and Greek kalux, "pod."See also related terms for pod.chalice
Used in modern witchcraft, this is a cup or goblet often associated with the element Water.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  chalice - a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cupgobletcup - a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing" |
Translationschalice (ˈtʃӕlis) noun a wine-cup, especially one used in religious services. 聖餐杯 圣餐杯chalice
poisoned chaliceSomething that initially appears to be good, wholesome, or positive, but is really harmful. Primarily heard in UK. We thought the change in leadership was going to have a positive effect on the organization, but it turned out to be a poisoned chalice.See also: chalice, poisona poisoned chalice mainly BRITISHIf you describe a job or an opportunity as a poisoned chalice, you mean that it seems at first to be very attractive but in time will probably cause failure or trouble. She claims that the president appointed his former rival only in the belief that he was giving him a poisoned chalice and that he would not last more than a year. The contract may yet prove to be a poisoned chalice. Note: A chalice is an old-fashioned cup or goblet, usually made of metal and shaped like a wine glass. See also: chalice, poisona poisoned chalice something that is apparently desirable but likely to be damaging to the person to whom it is given. 1998 New Scientist Anyone who discovers a superconductor that works at room temperature may be handing the world a poisoned chalice…the material might be too toxic to be usable. See also: chalice, poisona poisoned ˈchalice (especially British English) a thing which seems attractive when it is given to somebody but which soon becomes unpleasant: He inherited a poisoned chalice when he took over the job as union leader.A chalice is a large cup for holding wine.See also: chalice, poisonchalice
chalice [Lat.,=cup], ancient name for a drinking cup, retained for the eucharistic or communion cup. Its use commemorates the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Celebrated examples are the Great Chalice of Antioch (Syriac), of embossed silver, excavated there in 1910 and attributed to the 1st cent., and an elaborately ornamented chalice found in 1868 at Ardagh, Ireland, and believed to be Celtic work of the 9th or 10th cent. See Grail, HolyGrail, Holy,
a feature of medieval legend and literature. It appears variously as a chalice, a cup, or a dish and sometimes as a stone or a caldron into which a bleeding lance drips. It was identified by Christians as the chalice of the Last Supper brought to England by St.
..... Click the link for more information. .Chalice (religion, spiritualism, and occult)Another name for the ritual goblet, or sacred cup, used by Witches in their rituals. It holds the consecrated wine and may symbolize the element of water. Chalice a liturgical vessel for the consecration of wine and receiving of communion, shaped like a cup with a long stem. Known since the second century A.D., chalices have been made of gold, silver, bronze, and worked stone and decorated with gems, depictions of saints, and ornamental designs done by chasing, engraving, and casting. chalicecup holding wine at Eucharist. [Christian Tradition: N.T.: Mark 14:23]See: Winechalice1. Christianity a gold or silver cup containing the wine at Mass 2. the calyx of a flower, esp a cup-shaped calyx CHALICE
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