Holy Grail

Holy Grail or holy grail ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. grail(def 1).

Origin of Holy Grail First recorded in 1580–90 Examples from the Web for holy grail Contemporary Examples of holy grail

In this holy-grail story, though, the object Parsifal seeks is simply the drinking cup he used when he was young.

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British Dictionary definitions for holy grail Holy Grail noun

1. 1. Also called: Grail, Sangraal(in medieval legend) the bowl used by Jesus at the Last Supper. It was allegedly brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea, where it became the quest of many knights
   2. (in modern spirituality) a symbol of the spiritual wholeness that leads a person to union with the divine
2. informal any desired ambition or goalthe Holy Grail of infrared astronomy

Word Origin for Holy Grail C14 grail from Old French graal, from Medieval Latin gradālis bowl, of unknown origin