English-Thai Dictionary

Grail

N จาน ซึ่ง พระเยซู ใช้ กิน อาหาร มื้อ สุดท้าย  jan-sueng-pra-ye-su-chai-kin-ar-han-mue-sud-tai

 

Grail

N สิ่ง ที่ รอคอย มานาน  sing-ti-ro-koi-ma-nan

 

grail

N ชาม ของ พระเยซู ที่ ใช้ ใน การ รับประทาน อาหาร มื้อ สุดท้าย  สิ่ง ที่ เฝ้า ใฝ่หา 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRAIL

n.[L. graduale. ] A book of offices in the Romish church.

 

GRAIL

n.Small particles of any kind.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GRAIL

Grail, n. Etym: [OF. greel, LL. gradale. See Gradual, n.]

 

Defn: A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. [Obs. ] T. Warton. Such as antiphonals, missals, grails, processionals, etc. Strype.

 

GRAIL

Grail, n. Etym: [OF. graal, greal, greet, F. graal, gral, LL. gradalis, gradale, prob. derived fr. L. crater bowl, mixing vessel, Gr. krath `r. See Crater. ]

 

Defn: A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail.

 

Note: The Holy Grail, according to some legends of the Middle Ages, was the cup used by our Savior in dispensing the wine at the last supper; and according to others, the platter on which the paschal lamb was served at the last Passover observed by our Lord. This cup, according to the legend, if appoached by any but a perfectly pure and holy person, would be borne away and vanish from the sight. The quest of the Holy Grail was to be undertaken only by a knight who was perfectly chaste in thought, word, and act.

 

GRAIL

Grail, n. Etym: [F. grêle hail, from grÉs grit, OHG. griex, grioz, G.gries, gravel, grit. See Grit. ]

 

Defn: Small particles of earth; gravel. [Obs. ] Lying down upon the sandy grail. Spenser.

 

GRAIL

Grail, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. graite slender, F. grête.]

 

Defn: One of the small feathers of a hawk.

 

GRAILLE

Graille, n. Etym: [Cf. F. grêle a sort of file. ]

 

Defn: A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers. Knight.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

grail

grail |grāl ɡreɪl | ▶noun 1 ( the Grail or the Holy Grail ) (in medieval legend ) the cup or platter used by Jesus at the Last Supper, and in which Joseph of Arimathea received Christ's blood at the Cross. Quests for it undertaken by medieval knights are described in versions of the Arthurian legends written from the early 13th century onward. 2 a thing that is being earnestly pursued or sought after: profit has become the holy grail. ORIGIN from Old French graal, from medieval Latin gradalis ‘dish. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

grail

grail |greɪl | ▶noun 1 ( the Grail or the Holy Grail ) (in medieval legend ) the cup or platter used by Christ at the Last Supper, and in which Joseph of Arimathea received Christ's blood at the Cross. Quests for it undertaken by medieval knights are described in versions of the Arthurian legends written from the early 13th century onward. 2 a thing which is eagerly pursued or sought after: the enterprise society where profit at any cost has become the holy grail. ORIGIN from Old French graal, from medieval Latin gradalis ‘dish ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Grail

Grail /ɡreɪl /名詞 〖the ～〗聖杯 〘キリストが最後の晩餐 （さん ）で用いた酒杯; →Holy Grail 〙.