Chalice

A chalice (from Latin calix 'mug', borrowed from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kylix) 'cup') or goblet is a footed cup intended to hold a drink. In religious practice, a chalice is often used for drinking during a ceremony or may carry a certain symbolic meaning.

Chalice in the vestry of the Ipatevskii Monastery in Kostroma. Photographed by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky in 1911

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