Grail

  • 21Grail —    There are no old folk traditions about the Holy Grail, though it is prominent in French Arthurian literature from the late 12th century onwards, where it is usually, but not invariably, linked to the Last Supper and Crucifixion, the Eucharist …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 22grail — noun Etymology: Middle English greal, graal, from Middle French, bowl, grail, from Medieval Latin gradalis 1. capitalized the cup or platter used according to medieval legend by Christ at the Last Supper and thereafter the object of knightly… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23Grail — The cup or plate used by Christ at the Last Supper. Variant definitions include a dish with some kind of supernatural properties, which made its first appearance in the Conte du Graal of Chretien de Troyes. Later it was identified as the chalice… …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 24grail — greɪl n. Holy Grail, legendary cup supposedly used during the Last Supper (considered to have supernatural powers) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 25grail — [[t]greɪl[/t]] n. 1) rel (usu. cap.) a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers and was much sought after by knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea 2) cvb inf… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 26Grail —    The story of the Grail as told in Athurian legend is a christianized version of the legend appertaining to Amen the magic cauldron of Ceridwen, and the greal, the liquor which it distilled. This would not in any way invalidate its religious… …

    Who’s Who in non-classical mythology

  • 27Grail — /greɪl/ (say grayl) noun → Holy Grail …

  • 28grail — n. (in full Holy Grail) 1 (in medieval legend) the cup or platter used by Christ at the Last Supper, and in which Joseph of Arimathea received Christ s blood at the Cross, esp. as the object of quests by medieval knights. 2 any object of a quest …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 29Grail (web browser) — Grail was a free extensible multi platform web browser written in the Python programming language. The project was started in August 1995, with its first public release in November of that year. [http://grail.sourceforge.net/info/papers/restofus.h… …

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  • 30Grail Quest (disambiguation) — Grail Quest is the quest for the Holy Grail.Grail Quest can also refer to: * Grailquest, a series of gamebooks by J. H. Brennan * The Grail Quest , a series of books written by the historical novelist Bernard Cornwell …

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