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chalice
CEFRC1
/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪs/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A large decorated cup used in religious ceremonies.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA kind of water-cooled pipe for smoking cannabis.
Examples
By the chalice of Jesus, Reverend hermit, what is this infernal liquor?
Mine eyes gaze at thine metallic chalice.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 1
- Synonyms
- 1
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningA large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
More examples
In context[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.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English chalis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French chalice, collateral form of calice, borrowed from Latin calix, calicem (“cup”), of uncertain etymology. In view of Umbrian skalçeta (“sacrifical vessel”), perhaps from a Proto-Italic *(s)kalik-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-. Pokorny considered a parallel formation in Sanskrit कलश (kaláśa-, “(water-)jar, tub, pot, dish”), for Proto-Indo-European *kel-eḱ-, but De Vaan finds this unlikely. Alternatively, borrowed from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix) or an unattested variant thereof, maybe with contamination from κάλυξ (kálux, “shell, calyx”), but it is also possible that all were borrowed from related substrate words. Possible dou...