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Webster 1913 Edition

Calice

Cal′ice

,
Noun.
[See
Calice
.]
See
Chalice
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Calice

CALICE

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Noun.
A cup appropriately, a communion cup, or vessel used to administer the wine in the sacrament of the Lords supper. It is used by the Roman Catholics in the mass.

Definition 2024

calice

calice

See also: cálice

English

Noun

calice ‎(plural calices)

  1. Obsolete form of chalice.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calix, calicem, from Ancient Greek κύλιξ ‎(kúlix).

Pronunciation

Noun

calice m ‎(plural calices)

  1. chalice

Interjection

calice

  1. (Quebec, slang) Alternative form of câlisse

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin calix, calicem, from Ancient Greek κύλιξ ‎(kúlix).

Noun

calice m ‎(plural calici)

  1. cup or goblet (for drinking)
  2. chalice

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin calyx, calycem.

Noun

calice m ‎(plural calici)

  1. (botany, anatomy) calyx

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

calice

  1. ablative singular of calix

Old French

Noun

calice m ‎(oblique plural calices, nominative singular calices, nominative plural calice)

  1. (chiefly Christianity) chalice

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