Meaning & use
chalices
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Drinking cups with a stem and foot, especially ones used ceremonially, such as in religious rites.
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The priest raised the chalice during communion.
The museum displayed several gold chalices from the medieval period.
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Strongly associated with Christian liturgy, where the chalice holds the wine during the Eucharist.
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