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Example sentences for "chalice"

Lexicographically close words:
chale; chalenge; chalet; chalets; chaleur; chaliced; chalices; chalk; chalke; chalked
  1. The chalice is still more interesting, as it bears an old Lincoln hall-mark, of date about 1570; there are only eight other known examples of this period in the county.

  2. The church plate is modern, chalice and paten dated 1870; the flagon is older and more massive, but has no date.

  3. I will not attempt to depict my emotion in celebrating the holy mysteries before this sacred image with the same chalice the cardinal legate had used, which was kindly loaned me by the venerable chaplain.

  4. On the top of the coffin was a chalice and paten of silver-gilt.

  5. He is said to have been poisoned, whilst celebrating mass, out of the holy chalice itself.

  6. His grave in the north aisle of the nave was opened when the present pavement was laid down in 1736, and a chalice and paten taken from it.

  7. The remainder of the wine from the chalice was poured on to the victim, which was then slain; its blood being carefully preserved.

  8. This chalice was afterward carried about to all the people, that they also might libare, that is, lightly taste thereof; which rite hath been called libation.

  9. Their churches were plundered and burnt, chalice and crucifix stolen, the altar desecrated with disgusting ordures, and the bells torn from the towers and carried away.

  10. Thou art the lifted Chalice in my soul, And I a dim church at the thought of thee; Brief be the moment, but the mass is said, The benediction like an aureole Is on my spirit, and shuddering through me A rapture like the rapture of the dead.

  11. The Lady Dervorgil gave the same donation in gold, together with a golden chalice for the altar of Mary, with gifts for each of the other nine altars of the church.

  12. It has a small chalice with white petals, and is an important medicinal plant.

  13. Having half filled the chalice with wine from the vase, Pierre washed his hands and again perceived the mother with her face of ardent entreaty.

  14. When, after the offertory, Pierre uncovered the chalice he felt contempt for himself.

  15. When Pierre, with his elbows on the altar, had emptied the chalice after breaking the sacred wafer, he felt himself sinking into yet greater distress.

  16. Our feet may even now be going down into the Valley of the Shadow of temptation, of conflict, of death, and even now there may be preparing for us a chalice such as we shall fear to drink.

  17. And taking the chalice He gave thanks; and gave to them, saying: "Drink ye all of this.

  18. In the 10th chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians, St. Paul says: "The chalice of benediction which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ?

  19. They will drink from the chalice that has held the blood of the Lord, and the pix which has contained his body they will convert into coin!

  20. And forced poor, innocent Gunther to drink of the chalice we had prepared for him?

  21. Not much less splendid is a chalice of about the same age.

  22. The paten belonging to this chalice is very large--nearly ten inches across, and quite plain.

  23. In the latter, Prudence has a book, which she has not here; and Temperance has a jug here in addition to the chalice which the other carries.

  24. Grasp ye, in My Name, the chalice of My loving-kindness, drink then your fill in My glorious and wondrous remembrance.

  25. Suffer all created things to quaff once again from this chalice which hath caused the seas to rise.

  26. Seize ye the chalice of constancy through the power of His Name, quaff then therefrom by virtue of the sovereignty of God, the Powerful, the Omnipotent.

  27. O thou who hast quaffed the wine of Mine utterance from the chalice of My knowledge!

  28. Seize ye, O loved ones of the All-Merciful, the chalice of eternal life proffered by the hand of the bountiful favours of your Lord, the Possessor of the entire creation, then drink ye deep therefrom.

  29. Drink thou the life-giving water of blissful joy from the chalice of utterance proffered by the Fountainhead of divine Revelation—He Who hath made mention of thee in this mighty stronghold.

  30. Thou beholdest this lifeless one before Thy face; suffer him, through Thy generosity and bountiful favour, not to be deprived of the chalice of immortal life.

  31. The kay of the safe is under the door of the linny[1] to de left, and the chalice is in the basket, wrapped in the handkercher.

  32. And I had the supreme consolation to see these two afflicted ones mingling their tears in the chalice that was held to them to drink.

  33. In the chalice sat Eros himself, bending over a beautiful, slumbering maiden who held him fast embraced.

  34. Toward his monarch's palace He guides the golden stream, And diadem and chalice With noble jewels gleam.

  35. A lily leaf bent over the chalice of the floating flower.

  36. As Parsifal moves the Chalice softly above the kneeling assembly, a white dove descends from on high and floats above his head.

  37. And now, possessed of the Spear, it was Klingsor's boast that he should soon be in possession of the Chalice likewise, the Holy Grail itself.

  38. The fact that she succeeded in carrying away a chalice appears exceptional, for the inmates of convents who were expelled seem as a rule to have taken with them nothing except perhaps their books of devotion.

  39. The chalice of salvation I will take; the chalice, Jesus, I will place on the unweighted scale of Truth.

  40. By that chalice I can more than counterpoise my sins.

  41. By that chalice can I counterbalance all my defects.

  42. The exterior of the chalice is adorned with all the shades of red and green.

  43. Here he is to take the Cup into his hand: [e] And here to lay his hand upon every vessel (be it Chalice or Flagon) in which there is any Wine to be consecrated.

  44. And here to lay his hand upon every vessel (be it chalice or flagon) in which there is any wine to be consecrated.

  45. The chalice and the paten were the vessels used at the Sacrament, the former being the wine cup, which was of silver, and the latter the bread dish, partly gilt.

  46. In 1529 Nicholas Leveson presented a new chalice of silver; and the high altar was restored at much expense to its former magnificence.

  47. On him shall also descend the Concourse on high, each bearing aloft a chalice of pure light.


  48. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chalice" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.