Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cup, usually a communion-cup; a chalice.
- noun In zoology, the little cup in which the polyp of a coral-producing zoöphyte is contained.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
chalice .
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- noun Obsolete form of
chalice .
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Examples
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Consequently, the degrade soil now supports exotic species such as 'coco plum' Chrysobalanus icaco, lemon grass Cymbopogon citratus and calice du pape Tabebuia pallida, along with the endemic Dillenia ferruginea (R), Paragenipa lancifolia, Memecyclon elaeagni, Syzygium wrightii, Pandanus multispicatus and Deckenia nobilis, as well as Intsia bijuga and Canthium bibracteatum.
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The use of names of sacred objects as profanity (calice, ciboire, tabarnak, etc.) is, I think, peculiar to Quebec.
Archive 2008-03-01 The Nag 2008
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La storia viene raccontata attraverso un personaggio, il mastro birraio, che compie un viaggio tipografico nel mondo della Artois al fine di riempire il suo calice con il fiabesco liquido giallo.
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Venez donc, mon Fils, et, fléchissant le genou, ou du moins humiliant profondément votre coeur, priez que le calice d'affliction s'éloigne de vous, si c'est la volonté de Dieu; mais que la volonté divine se fasse et non pas la vôtre.
DIEU EST AMOUR ! DIEU EST LUMIERE ! DIEU NOTRE PERE ! de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Venez donc, mon Fils, et, fléchissant le genou, ou du moins humiliant profondément votre coeur, priez que le calice d'affliction s'éloigne de vous, si c'est la volonté de Dieu; mais que la volonté divine se fasse et non pas la vôtre.
Archive 2008-09-07 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Elaeocarpus occurred -- Petal. viridibus apice dentatis; calice griseo viridi, _vix valvato_.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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With reference to _Mussaenda_, C. Morren held the view that the petal-like sepal was really a bract adherent to the calyx, and incorporating with itself one of the calycine lobes -- "soudée au calice et ayant dévorée, en englobant dans sa propre masse, un lobe calicinal."
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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LXXIII, 686; "Mittens in modico calice intemerati corporis portionem et pretioso sanguinis D.N.J.C."
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Guibourg l'égorgea, versa dans le calice, et consacra le sang avec hostie '.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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Vit aussi vn grand homme noir à l'opposite de celuy de la cheminée, qui regardoit dans vn liure, dont les feuillets estoient noirs & bleuds, & marmotoit entre ses dents sans entendre ce qu'il disoit, leuoit vne hostie noire, puis vn calice de meschant estain tout crasseux.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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