chalice - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • poison: Is the council tax going to be her poisoned chalice?
  • carry: Our group designated the task of carrying the crystal chalice to the map holder.
  • hold: The spoon shows him holding a chalice or " the cup of sorrow " .
  • include: The communion plate includes a silver chalice dated 1612.
  • use: The truth of the Grail lies not with this work nor with any chalice used at the Last Supper.
  • have: I hope we will be able to have the new chalices available for Christmas.

Adjective modifier

  • flaming: You might find the symbol of a flaming chalice embroidered over the pulpit drop or painted on the wall.
  • golden: Colson's eye had drifted to a golden chalice on a shelf in the far corner.
  • silver: There is preserved in the church a silver chalice or cup, supposed to be over 200 years old.
  • small: At a recent pilgrimage of 50,000, one small chalice was quite adequate for the tiny number of communicants.
  • large: In commemoration, a large silver chalice was made, with his name ascribed upon it.
  • new: She also gave her jewels to be inserted into a new chalice.

Modifies a noun

  • brass: On the floor of the chancel there is a tiny, perfect chalice brass, one of only two surviving in Suffolk.
  • symbol: Some of the images appear to be heraldic, but you can also make out the poisoned chalice symbol of St John.
  • flame: But is there room for the darkness, the shadow beneath the chalice flame?

Noun used with modifier

  • poison: No, it's sort of like a poison chalice.
  • silver: In commemoration, a large silver chalice was made, with his name ascribed upon it.
  • crystal: Our group designated the task of carrying the crystal chalice to the map holder.
  • gilt: Pope Leo XII gave a silver gilt chalice in recognition of his service to the Papacy; this is now at Blair's Museum.
  • communion: It is sometimes commented that there are so few relics of communion chalices from early Celtic times.

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