chalice

as in goblet
a special drinking vessel for holding wine

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Recent Examples of chalice Among the artifacts were several vessels, with one skeleton found clutching a ceramic chalice that resembled the shape of the Holy Grail. Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024 Having established the sales leads as the play’s golden chalice, Scene Two introduces the scam, a favorite Mamet motif. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 That heritage is doubtless a poisoned chalice because if the film had been a shot-for-shot remake of the original it would have been branded lazy and superfluous. Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 Many analysts now loudly wonder whether Khamenei, too, will drink his chalice of poison. Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chalice

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“Chalice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chalice. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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