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Grail
(grāl)
noun
- Medieval Legend the cup or platter used by Jesus at the Last Supper, and by Joseph of Arimathea to collect drops of Jesus' blood at the Crucifixion: the chivalric quest for the Grail, which later disappeared, is treated in Malory's Morte Darthur, Wagner's Parsifal, etc.
- Holy Grail (sense )
Origin: ME graal < OFr < ML gradalis, flat dish, cup < ? VL *cratalis < L crater, mixing bowl: see crater
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noun
- Grail A cup or plate that, according to medieval legend, was used by Jesus at the Last Supper and that later became the object of many chivalrous quests. Also called Holy Grail.
- often Grail The object of a prolonged endeavor.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English greal
Origin: , from Old French graal
Origin: , from Medieval Latin gradālis, flat dish
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