PREFERRED TERM
Chalice
DEFINITION
- n. From the Latin "calix" "calic-em". In Early Old English "cęlic", Old English "cel(i)c" "cælc" "calic" among others, and Middle English "calc" "calch" "chales" "challyce" "challice". A representation of the drinking-cup or goblet, mainly religious, used during the Mass. That is, the cup in which the wine is administered in the celebration of the eucharist.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Calice
French
Calice
Italian
Cáliz
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/790
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