Grail synonyms

grāl

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sacred vessel
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chalice
A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
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holy grail
A distant, near-impossible goal.
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grails (related)
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cup (related)
An ornamental, usually metal, cup with a stem and base, given as a prize
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Sangraal
(legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper
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holy dish
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Grail Sentence Examples

  • This was the Holy Grail for a spy!

  • He gives an introduction, in which the adventures of the father, here a prince of Anjou, are related; a conclusion, in which the Swan-Knight, Lohengrin, is made Parzival's son; he represents the inhabitants of the Grail castle as Templars (Templeisen); and makes the Grail itself a stone.

  • It is certain that Gerbert knew, and used, a Perceval which, if not Kiot's poem, must have been closely akin to it; as he too makes the Swan-Knight a descendant of the Grail hero.

  • The probability seems to be that the earliest Perceval-Grail romance was composed at Fescamp, and was coincident with the transformation, under the influence of the Saint-Sang legend, of the originally Pagan talisman known as the Grail into a Christian relic, and that this romance was more or less at the root of all subsequent versions.

  • The Perceval story is an admirable folk-tale, the Grail problem is the most fascinating problem of medieval literature; the two combined form a romance of quite unique charm and interest.

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