chalice
noun
chal·ice
ˈcha-ləs 
1
: a drinking cup : goblet
especially
: the eucharistic cup
2
: the cup-shaped interior of a flower
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With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.
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Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Mulvihill was the keeper of the trophy: the Van Nostrand Challenge Cup, a silver chalice with wintry sailing scenes in bas-relief.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
To an extent Amorim was handed a chalice which has felt forever poisoned.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
The whole quest for the Holy Grail—the magical chalice Jesus drank from during the Last Supper or, alternately, which Joseph used to collect Jesus’s blood at the cross—is the raison d’etre for exploits of Arthur and his knights.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 1 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Mulvihill was the keeper of the trophy: the Van Nostrand Challenge Cup, a silver chalice with wintry sailing scenes in bas-relief.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
To an extent Amorim was handed a chalice which has felt forever poisoned.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
The whole quest for the Holy Grail—the magical chalice Jesus drank from during the Last Supper or, alternately, which Joseph used to collect Jesus’s blood at the cross—is the raison d’etre for exploits of Arthur and his knights.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 1 Jan. 2026
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“Chalice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chalice. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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chalice
noun
chal·ice
ˈchal-əs
: goblet
especially
: the cup used in the sacrament of Communion
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