Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vessel used for the wine of the communion; a chalice.
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Examples
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Then, with many ceremonies and genuflections, not very edifying to profane eyes, if profane eyes were permitted to see them, but each of which has its mystical interpretation, he ascends to the altar and lays his ticket on the communion-plate, whence it is transferred to the chalice, -- communion-plate and communion-cup playing a part in the ceremony which has made more than one good Catholic groan deeply in spirit.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various
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The minister took the jar in his hands as he might the communion-cup just before saying the prayer of the sacrament.
The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment David Grayson 1908
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The beaker was presented to the church in fulfilment of a vow made by the robber in his fright; and it is now used as the communion-cup.
The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887
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Priests 'stoles: they held clutched with the same hand communion-cup and sacred wafer.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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