chalice
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Medieval chalice from Norway.
English
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Etymology
From Middle English chalis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French chalice, collateral form of calice, borrowed from Latin calix, calicem (“cup”), from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux). Doublet of calyx and kelch. Compare Sumerian 𒃲(GAL).
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Noun
chalice (plural chalices)
- A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
- Synonym: goblet
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 135, column 1:
- [W]e but teach / Bloody Inſtructions, which, being taught, returne / To plague th' Inuentor. This euen-handed Iuſtice / Commends th' Ingredience of our poyſon'd Challice / To our owne lips.
- A kind of water-cooled pipe for smoking cannabis.
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Translations
large drinking cup
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “chalice”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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Middle English
Noun
chalice
- Alternative form of chalis
Old French
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calix, calicem.
Noun
chalice oblique singular, m (oblique plural chalices, nominative singular chalices, nominative plural chalice)