chalice

A cup, usually of gold or silver, used to hold the consecrated wine during the celebration of the Eucharist in a Christian church. See also: paten.

The Tassilo Chalice. Gilded and silvered bronze. Ca. 770-790 CE. Kremsmünster Abbey, Austria. Photo: Julianna Lees.

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