Definition of GRAIL

1. Noun. The object of any prolonged endeavor.

Generic synonyms: Aim, Object, Objective, Target

2. Noun. (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper.
Exact synonyms: Holy Grail, Sangraal
Generic synonyms: Chalice, Goblet
Category relationships: Fable, Legend

Definition of GRAIL

1. n. A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

2. n. A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail.

3. n. Small particles of earth; gravel.

4. n. One of the small feathers of a hawk.

Definition of GRAIL

1. Initialism. (w Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) ¹

2. Noun. The Holy Grail. ¹

3. Noun. The object of an extended or difficult quest.[ ¹

4. Noun. A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. ¹

5. Noun. (poetic) Small particles of earth; gravel. ¹

6. Noun. One of the small feathers of a hawk. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of GRAIL

1. the object of a long quest [n -S]

Medical Definition of GRAIL

1. A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. "Such as antiphonals, missals, grails, processionals, etc." (Strype) Origin: OF. Greel, LL. Gradale. See Gradual. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of GRAIL

grafters
grafting
grafting scissors
grafting tool
grafting wax
graftings
graftonite
grafts
graham
graham bread
graham cracker
graham flour
grahamite
grahamites
grahams
grail
graile
grailes
grails
grain
grain alcohol
grain boundary
grain elevator
grain elevators
grain field
grain itch
grain merchant
grain moth
grain of salt
grain refiner

Literary usage of GRAIL

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The Grail is here surrounded with the atmosphere of awe and reverence ... The discrepancy between this and the other Grail romances is most startling. ..."

2. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1891)
"THE LEGEND OF THE GRAIL. IN the history of mediaeval romances there is none so complicated as that of the romance of the Holy Grail. ..."

3. A Guide to the Middle English Metrical Romances Dealing with English and by Anna Hunt Billings (1901)
"On the conceptions and ideals of the Grail legend, see Nutt's last chapter. Monographs: (The following works are those on the Grail legend that are referred ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"The most spiritual are the stories of Perceval and the search for a sacred emblem, which are known collectively as the Legend of the Holy Grail. ..."

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