grail.
The Holy Grail.
Meaning & usage
The Holy Grail.
Something eagerly sought or quested for.
Becoming an astronaut was his grail.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English graal, greal, from Old French graal, greal (“cup”), from Medieval Latin gradalis, possibly corrupted over time from Latin crater (“bowl”).
A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English grayel, from Old French grael, ultimately from Latin graduale. Doublet of gradual.
Small particles of earth; gravel.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain; perhaps a reduced form of gravel.
One of the small feathers of a hawk.
Where this word comes from
Compare Old French graite slender.
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