Editing Chalice (section)

{{Short description|Ecclesiastical footed drinking cup, often with a central knop}}
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[[File:German - Chalice with Saints and Scenes from the Life of Christ - Walters 44116.jpg|thumb|Late medieval chalice in [[silver-gilt]] with enamels of Saints and Scenes from the [[Life of Christ in art|Life of Christ]]]]
[[File:Parts of a liturgical chalice.png|thumb|Diagram showing the parts of a liturgical chalice.]]

A '''chalice''' (from [[Latin]] {{lang|la|calix}} 'cup', taken from the [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|κύλιξ}} ({{Transliteration|grc|[[kylix]]}}) 'cup') is a drinking [[cup]] raised on a stem with a foot or base.  Although it is a technical archaeological term, in modern parlance the word is now used almost exclusively for the cups used in [[Christian liturgy]] as part of a service of the [[Eucharist]], such as a [[Catholic mass]]. These are normally made of metal, but neither the shape nor the material is a requirement.  Most have no handles, and in recent centuries the cup at the top has usually been a simple flared shape.

Historically, the same shape was used for elite secular vessels, and many individual examples have served both secular and liturgical uses over their history, for example the [[Lacock Cup]] and [[Royal Gold Cup]], both late medieval cups. Cups owned by churches were much more likely to survive, as secular [[drinkware]] in precious metal was usually melted down when it fell out of fashion.

The same general cup shape is also called a '''goblet''' (from [[Old French]] {{lang|fr|gobellet}}, [[diminutive]] of {{lang|fr|gobel}} 'cup'), normally in secular contexts. This remains current as a term for [[wineglass]]es and other [[stemware]], most of which have a goblet shape, with '''Paris goblet''' as a trade term for basic rounded wineglasses. The modern French term ''gobelet'' has developed differently, and is used for different shapes such as the [[Gobelet André Falquet]] and Roman [[Lyon Cup]], both stemless.