CHALICE


Meaning of CHALICE in English

— chaliced /chal"ist/ , adj.

/chal"is/ , n.

1. Eccles.

a. a cup for the wine of the Eucharist or Mass.

b. the wine contained in it.

2. a drinking cup or goblet.

3. a cuplike blossom.

[ bef. 900; ME calici- (s. of calix ) cup; r. ME caliz, calc, OE calic calici-, as above ]

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