holy grail

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   (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper

   SynonymsgrailSangraal

   Broaderchalice

   legend

Questions about holy grail

What does holy grail mean?

holy grail means "(legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper".

What is another word for holy grail?

Close synonyms include grail, Sangraal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is holy grail a common word?

holy grail is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.