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Definition of Chalices
1. chalice [n] - See also: chalice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalices
Literary usage of Chalices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Sir William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"They make mention of many chalices, some of gold, some of silver ; 40 lesser
chalices of gold, each weighing l Ib., and 50 lesser ministerial chalices of ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"Little is to be found as to the decoration of chalices ; occasionally they bore
inscriptions, as in the case of that made by order of St. Remigius (Remi, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"These latter chalices are of considerable size, and they are often, ... Of chalices
earlier than the time of Charlemagne the existing specimens are so few ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"And, afterwards, Pope Urbanus ordained that the chalices should be made either
... Even after the Reformation chalices were sometimes of pewter, I believe. ..."
5. The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist,: A Quarterly Journal and Review edited by Llewellyn Frederick William Jewitt, John Charles Cox, John Romilly Allen (1888)
"It belongs to one of the later types of English medieval chalices, and is remarkable
for its small size. Without attempting here to discuss the ..."
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