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A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies

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{n} a cup standing on a foot
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the precious cup or goblet in which the wine and water for Mass are placed It usually has at least the components of cup, stem, and base Early chalices often had a pair of handles If a Deacon performs the ablutions after Communion, a second chalice is brought for the ablutions of the Priest's fingers In large communities, the chalices were washed and cleaned mid-week
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The chalice was a vessel used for the celebration of the Eucharist Wine mixed with a little water was poured into it and when the priest said the words of consecration, "This is my body," the faithful believed that Christ was actually present, mystically The wine became Christ's blood (as the bread became Christ's body) The chalice as well as the bread was held up for the faithful to see Given the importance of the ritual, a chalice was invariably one of the most richly decorated objects in the church treasury, usually of gold and of semi precious stones and with imagery related to the Eucharist [Chapter 20]
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A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper
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A cup on a stem, used to contain the ecuharistic wine; the same shape was also used in a secular context
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The cup at communion
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From Latin, calix, meaning "cup " A chalice is the cup used to contain the wine used at Communion
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The cup that holds the wine for Holy Communion
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As the cup used in Ritual Magick, the Chalice represents the element of Water, and as such, is frequently associated with healing, cleansing, scrying, etc It is the cup of the High Priestess It represents the Goddess, or the feminine aspect of Divinity, just as the Athame represents the masculine aspect It symbolizes the womb, the Cauldron, and the Holy Grail
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From the Latin, calix, meaning "cup " A chalice is the cup used to contain the wine used at Communion
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A cup or goblet
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A sacred cup or goblet used to hold consecrated water or wine, normally kept to the west side of the altar One of the tools of the Witch Placed on the altar to represent the element of Water
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The cup used at Holy Communion It is dedicated to this solemn use
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Lat calix, 'cup' The cup used to contain the wine in the Eucharistic sacrifice The chalice must be of a non-absorbent and non-breakable material Gold and silver are preferred, not only because they are precious but also because they stain less easily than other materials
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a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
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(Gr Potirion; Sl Vozduh) A large cup of silver or gold, with a long-stemmed base, used for the Eucharist It is one of the most sacred vessels of the church and is handled only by the clergy
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A cup used in the celebration of the Christian Eucharist Both the statement of St Paul about "the cup of blessing which we bless" (1 Corinthians 10: 16) and the accounts of the institution of the Eucharist in the first three Gospels indicate that special rites of consecration attended the use of the chalice from the beginning It was not until the recognition of Christianity by the Roman Empire in the 4th century that silver and gold became the usual materials for the chalice In the Middle Ages the legend of the Holy Grail surrounded the origins of the eucharistic chalice with a magical aura The precious stones and elaborate carvings employed for the embellishment of chalices have made them an important part of the history of ecclesiastical art
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A large cup, particularly one with a stem and base used for religious ceremonies
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a vessel used during the celebration of the Eucharist for the sacramental wine
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If you refer to a job or an opportunity as a poisoned chalice, you mean that it seems to be very attractive but you believe it will lead to failure. He does not regard his new job as a poisoned chalice. a gold or silver decorated cup used, for example, to hold wine in Christian religious services (calix)
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one of the tools of the Witch Placed on the altar to represent the element of Water
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A chalice is a large gold or silver cup with a stem. Chalices are used to hold wine in the Christian service of Holy Communion
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A cup, made from a variety of materials, that represents the Goddess It is a symbol of potential
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A feminine symbol of the element water This is used during ritual and once the waters of life which it contains is blessed, it is passed around so that everyone in the coven may bring the Goddess "into" themself
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A chalice is a drinking cup with a bowl, a single stem, and a foot, as in the illustration on the right The stem usually has a knob to make it easier to grasp Chalices are generally made of silver, gold, or ceramics The chalice can be used two ways in the Eucharist Either everyone drinks from it, in which case it is called taking Communion from a common cup, or worshippers dip the bread into the cup, in which case it is called Communion by intinction (Intinction is just a fancy word for dipping ) If the common cup is used, the server wipes the cup with a napkin and rotates it for each communicant I am not aware of any documented cases of disease being spread by the common cup
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Resembling the Grail, and often used symbolically, the chalice most commonly comes in the form of an old fashioned goblet, although other cup or glass designs are also used Mostly you will see a chalice being used to hold the ritual wine, although this is not it's only use
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a cup or goblet, the Elemental Tool of Water
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Cup used to contain the wine consecrated during the eucharist, traditionally made of silver but often of pewter or pottery
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Generally, a drinking cup, but specifically, the cup used to hold the consecrated wine of the Eucharist
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{i} cup, bowl, goblet; cup used in the sacraments of Christian churches
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