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Holy Grail
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Holy Grail
see synonyms of holy grailnoun
1.
a. Also called: Grail, Sangraal
(in medieval legend) the bowl used by Jesus at the Last Supper. It was allegedly brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea, where it became the quest of many knights
b.
(in modern spirituality) a symbol of the spiritual wholeness that leads a person to union with the divine
2. informal
any desired ambition or goal
the Holy Grail of infrared astronomy
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Holy Grail
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Grail (sense 1)
2. [often h- g-]
any ultimate, but elusive, goal pursued as in a quest
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Holy Grail
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See grail.
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