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chalice

/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪs/

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What does chalice mean?

noun

  1. A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
  2. 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.
Mark TwainFollowing the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #2895
This even-handed justice Commends th’ ingredience of our poison’d chalice To our own lips.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
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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.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
Our destiny offers, not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
'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.
Amy LowellA Dome of Many-Coloured GlassProject Gutenberg ebook #261