1
: a drinking cup : goblet
especially
: the eucharistic cup
2
: the cup-shaped interior of a flower
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Unspeakable atrocities have been committed in the name of religion, driving many out of it in the first place, and adding a mind-altering substance into that old chalice may prove a dangerous combination indeed.
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Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2024
Still basking in the glow of their Stanley Cup win, the Florida Panthers will enter their upcoming defense of the chalice with a new streaming partner in addition to their new local broadcaster.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2024
Novela’s mixes them in large batches in the basement each morning, pressurizes them with nitrous gas, then shoots them upstairs to be poured from a tap into dainty glass chalices, served cold on a golden platter.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
Also, this counts from the start of the franchise to the first lifting of Lord Stanley’s grand chalice.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024
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Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2024
Still basking in the glow of their Stanley Cup win, the Florida Panthers will enter their upcoming defense of the chalice with a new streaming partner in addition to their new local broadcaster.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2024
Novela’s mixes them in large batches in the basement each morning, pressurizes them with nitrous gas, then shoots them upstairs to be poured from a tap into dainty glass chalices, served cold on a golden platter.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
Also, this counts from the start of the franchise to the first lifting of Lord Stanley’s grand chalice.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024
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“Chalice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chalice. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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