chalice
[ chal-is ]
/ ˈtʃæl ɪs /
noun
Ecclesiastical.
- a cup for the wine of the Eucharist or Mass.
- the wine contained in it.
a drinking cup or goblet.
a cuplike blossom.
Origin of chalice
before 900; Middle English < Middle French < Latin
calici- (stem of
calix) cup; replacing Middle English
caliz, calc, Old English
calic < Latin
calici-, as above
OTHER WORDS FROM chalice
chal·iced [chal-ist] /ˈtʃæl ɪst/, adjectiveWords nearby chalice
chaldee,
chaldron,
chalet,
chaleur bay,
chaliapin,
chalice,
chaliced,
chalicosis,
chalicothere,
chalk,
chalk and talk
Example sentences from the Web for chalice
British Dictionary definitions for chalice
chalice
/ (ˈtʃælɪs) /
noun
poetic
a drinking cup; goblet
Christianity
a gold or silver cup containing the wine at Mass
the calyx of a flower, esp a cup-shaped calyx
Word Origin for chalice
C13: from Old French, from Latin
calix cup; related to Greek
kalux calyx