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Sangrail

Sangrail proper noun: the Holy Grail.

Proper noun

Sangrail

  1. (archaic, poetic) The Holy Grail.
    • Ryght so there cam by the holy vessell, the Sankegreall, wyth all maner of swetnesse and savoure – but they cowde nat se redyly who bare the vessell.1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XI
    • A sinful man, and unconfessed, / He took the Sangreal’s holy quest, […]1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Introduction to Canto First: To William Stewart Rose, Esq.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable...

Forms of Sangrail

alternative formSangraal
alternative formSangreal

Origin of Sangrail

From Middle English Seint Graal, from Old French saint graal, saint greal (“Holy Grail”).

Questions about Sangrail

What does Sangrail mean?
Sangrail means the Holy Grail.
What part of speech is Sangrail?
Sangrail is a proper noun.

Words near Sangrail in the dictionary

  1. sangomas
  2. sangos
  3. Sangraal
  4. Sangrado
  5. Sangrados
  6. Sangrail
  7. Sangre de Cristo Mountains
  8. Sangre Grande
  9. Sangreal
  10. Sangree
  11. Sangrees

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