chalice
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A chalice is a cup or goblet used in religious ceremonies, particularly in Christian worship where it holds wine during communion services. It matters because it serves as an important sacred vessel in liturgical practice and is often crafted with fine materials and artistic detail, as shown in surviving examples like medieval silver-gilt pieces decorated with religious imagery.
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- Religious use
- Christian
- The Holy Chalice
- Holy Grail
- Unitarian Universalism
- Wicca
- Neo-Paganism
- Rastafarian
- Poisoned chalice
- Heraldry
- Gallery
- Other usage
- Québec
- Czech Republic
- See also
- Notes
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thumb|Late medieval chalice in silver-gilt with enamels of Saints and Scenes from the Life of Christ thumb|Diagram showing the parts of a liturgical chalice.
A chalice (from Latin 'cup', taken from the Ancient Greek () 'cup') is a drinking cup raised on a stem with a foot or base. Although it is a technical archaeological term, in modern parlance the word is now used almost exclusively for the cups used in Christian liturgy as part of a service of the Eucharist, such as a Catholic mass. These are normally made of metal, but neither the shape nor the material is a requirement. Most have no handles, and in recent centuries the cup at the top has usually been a simple flared shape.