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See also:CHALICE (through a central O. Fr. See also:form of the See also:Lat. calix, calicis, See also:cup)
, a drinking-See also:vessel of the See also:cup or See also:goblet See also:form, now only used of the cup used in the celebration of the See also:Eucharist (q.v.)
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For the various forms which the " See also:chalice " so used has taken, see DRINKING-VESSELS and See also:PLATE
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When, in the eucharistic service, See also:water is mixed with the See also:wine, the " chalice " is known as the " mixed chalice." This has been customary both in the Eastern and Western Churches from See also:early times
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