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chalice

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chal·ice  (chls)
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]
n
1. Poetic a drinking cup; goblet
2. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) Christianity a gold or silver cup containing the wine at Mass
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the calyx of a flower, esp a cup-shaped calyx
[from Old French, from Latin calix cup; related to Greek kalux calyx]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chalicechalice - a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
cup - 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"
Translations
chalice [ˈtʃælɪs] N (Rel) → cáliz m
see also poison B2

chalice [ˈtʃælɪs] ncalice m poisoned chalice

chalice
n (poet, Eccl) → Kelch m

chalice [ˈtʃælɪs] ncalice m
chalice [ˈtʃælɪs] ncalice m

chalice
n chalice [ˈtʃӕlis]
a wine-cup, especially one used in religious services. kelk كأسُ نَبيذ، كأسُ القُرْبان бокал pohár, kalich kalk; bæger der Kelch δισκοπότηρο cáliz karikas جام شراب ehtoollismalja calice גָבִיע पानपात्र, यज्ञपात्र, चषक pehar kehely cawan bikar; kaleikur calice 聖杯 성배 taurė vīna kauss; biķeris piala kelk (alter)kalk, beger kielich cálice potir чаша; кубок kalich kelih putir bägare, []kalk ถ้วยเงินหรือทองสำหรับใส่ไวน์ในงานพิธีทางศาสนาคริสต์ kadeh 聖餐杯 чаша, потир ساغر ، (مذہبی رسومات میں استعمال ہونے والا) cốc rượu lễ


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A poet admires the bee sucking from the chalice of a flower and says it exists to suck the fragrance of flowers.
He therefore bought a telescope, which enabled him to watch as accurately as did the owner himself every progressive development of the flower, from the moment when, in the first year, its pale seed-leaf begins to peep from the ground, to that glorious one, when, after five years, its petals at last reveal the hidden treasures of its chalice.
To us, over the golden grasses, came the Story Girl, carrying in her hand a single large poppy, like a blood-red chalice filled with the wine of August wizardry.
 
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