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chalice
/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪs/
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What does chalice mean?
noun
- A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
- A kind of water-cooled pipe for smoking cannabis.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪs/
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Tree ferns everywhere—a stem fifteen feet high, with a graceful chalice of fern-fronds sprouting from its top—a lovely forest ornament.
This even-handed justice Commends th’ ingredience of our poison’d chalice To our own lips.
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A poet admires the bee sucking from the chalice of a flower and says it exists to suck the fragrance of flowers.
Our destiny offers, not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.
'T was winter, Roger, when you made this cup, But coming Spring guided your eager hand And round the edge you fashioned young green leaves, A proper chalice made to hold the shy And little flowers of the woods.