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Middle English
- chales, schalis, chalice, chaleys, chalys, calice, calis, caliz, challes, chayles, chalyse
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French chalice, calice, borrowed itself from Latin calix, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux). Doublet of calch, which is an older form inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kalik, ultimately from the same source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃalis(ə)/, /ˈkalis(ə)/
Noun
chalis (plural chalices)
- A cup, chalice or glass; a container for drinking out of.
- A chalice for wine used for the Eucharist.
- (figurative) An emotion that affects one's life path.
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