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Chalice

Chal′ice

,

Noun.

[OR.

chalis

,

calice

, OF.

chalice

,

calice

, F.

calice

, fr. L.

calix

, akin to Gr. [GREEK] and E.

helmet

. Cf.

,

.]

A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.

Definition 2024

chalice

chalice

English

Medieval chalice from Norway.

Alternative forms

calice

Noun

chalice ‎(plural chalices)

A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
- 1612, William Shakespeare, Macbeth (First Folio), act 1, scene 7,
  
  This euen-handed Iuſtice
  
  Commends th'Ingredience of our poyſon'd Challice
  
  To our owne lips.

Synonyms

(large drinking cup): goblet

Derived terms

Translations

large drinking cup

Bulgarian: потир m ‎(potir)
Catalan: calze (ca) m
Danish: kalk (da) c
Dutch: kelk (nl) m
Faroese: kalikur m, steyp n
Finnish: kalkki (fi), malja (fi), pikari
French: calice (fr) m
Georgian: ბარძიმი ‎(barʒimi)
German: Kelch (de) m
Hebrew: גביע (he) m ‎(gavia')
Hindi:
Hungarian: kehely (hu)
Icelandic: kaleikur (is) m
Ido: kupeto (io), kalico (io)
Interlingue: cálice
Italian: calice (it) m

Norman: coupe f
Latin: calix m
Persian: ساتگینی ‎(sâtgini)
Polish: kielich (pl), puchar (pl)
Portuguese: cálice (pt) m, cálix (pt) m
Romani: taxtaj
Romanian: caliciu (ro) n
Russian: поти́р (ru) m ‎(potír)
Slovak: kalich m, pohár m
Slovene: kelih (sl) m
Spanish: cáliz (es) m
Tagalog: kalis
Vilamovian: kełich m
Volapük:
West Frisian: tsjelk n

Anagrams

caliche

Old French

Alternative forms

calice

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calix, calicem.

Noun

chalice m ‎(oblique plural chalices, nominative singular chalices, nominative plural chalice)

chalice

Descendants

English: chalice