grail
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9.9
- noun
- /ɡreɪl/
- Literature
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- In medieval legends, the grail is portrayed as a sacred cup used by Jesus during the Last Supper.
- the holy grail
Parsival sees the light of the Grail, but he's still of the Earth, so he doesn't get taken up into the light.
- Parsival sees the light of the Grail, but he's still of the Earth, so he doesn't get taken up into the light.
- But what's the story with the Holy Grail?
- Some also say it's where the Holy Grail and legend has it Glastonbury was even visited as a child.
Examples
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And one day as they were standing on the shore of a great sea, they saw the holy grail.
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I felt like I had just found the holy grail.
Fiction book (1995) -
Good God, could these really be the Grail documents?
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Just give me the grail and I'll be gone.
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There is no Holy Grail.
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Let me just put this holy grail in my trophy room.
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They brought the grail home and shared it with everybody.
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Look well, Arthur, for it is your sacred task to seek this grail.
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I held the grail aloft and shouted that it would bring peace to all who drank from it.
Fiction book (2001) -
Behold, the holy grail.
Synonyms
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8.4
A large decorated cup with a stem used for drinking wine in church
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4.1
A cup with a stem and base used for drinking, often for wine or ceremonies
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8.6
A cup Jesus used at the Last Supper that knights later sought
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9.9
A sacred cup in old stories about knights and kings
A famous cup said to be the Holy Grail used by Christ at the Last Supper
An old literary word for the Holy Grail that knights sought
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grail comes from Old French graal, originally a word for a cup or 'dish', and in the old stories of King Arthur it became the holy cup said to have been used by Jesus and sought by knights. So grail here means the legendary sacred cup.