chalice

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a stemmed ceremonial cup, especially the cup used for wine in the Christian Eucharist

   The priest raised the chalice during the Eucharistic prayer.

2. 2
   noun

   literary: a large or ornate drinking cup, often suggesting a fate or experience one must accept

   The tragedy forces its hero to drink from a bitter chalice of his own making.

Simplified etymology

Chalice entered English in the Middle English period from Latin calix, “cup.” It denotes a large cup or goblet, and the Latin word is also the source of the botanical term calix.

From Middle English chalis through Old French from Latin calix, calicem, 'cup.' Latin calix may be related to or borrowed from Greek kylix, 'drinking cup.' Christian liturgy specialized the word for the Eucharistic wine cup.

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