chalice


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chalice/ˈtʃalɪs/
noun
  • 1 historical a goblet.
  • 2 the wine cup used in the Christian Eucharist.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. calix, calic- ‘cup’.
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