grail

[grail]

A grail is some valuable thing you search for or pursue. A golfer's holy grail might be a hole in one.

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A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

Noun
(legend) chalice used by Christ at the last supper


n.
A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

n.
A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail.

n.
Small particles of earth; gravel.

n.
One of the small feathers of a hawk.


Grail

Grail , n. [OF. greel, LL. gradale. See Gradual, n.] A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. [Obs.] T. Warton.
Such as antiphonals, missals, grails, processionals, etc.

Grail

Grail, n. [OF. graal, greal, greet, F. graal, gr?al, LL. gradalis, gradale, prob. derived fr. L. crater bowl, mixing vessel, Gr. krath`r. See Crater.] A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail. &hand;The Holy Grail, according to some legends of the Middle Ages, was the cup used by our Savior in dispensing the wine at the last supper; and according to others, the platter on which the paschal lamb was served at the last Passover observed by our Lord. This cup, according to the legend, if appoached by any but a perfectly pure and holy person, would be borne away and vanish from the sight. The quest of the Holy Grail was to be undertaken only by a knight who was perfectly chaste in thought, word, and act.

Grail

Grail, n. [F. gr≖le hail, from gr'90s grit, OHG. griex, grioz, G. gries, gravel, grit. See Grit.] Small particles of earth; gravel. [Obs.]
Lying down upon the sandy grail.

Grail

Grail , n. [Cf. OF. graite slender, F. gr≖te.] One of the small feathers of a hawk.

A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail.

Small particles of earth; gravel.

One of the small feathers of a hawk.

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