communion cup

noun

, Ecclesiastical.

1. a chalice from which a communicant drinks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of communion cup¹

First recorded in 1635–45

Example Sentences

Members attending in person received a miniature wine bottle per household, instead of sharing one Communion cup of wine, as was common before the pandemic.

From Washington Post

He avoided the common communion cup during Sunday services at the Rock of Ages Lutheran Church, and then felt worse after he got home.

From New York Times

In an empty St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan prayed over the communion cup and wine, his voice echoing across empty pews to the locked front door, as parishioners watched online.

From New York Times

How do you receive the body and blood of Christ when the communion cup might be a vector?

From New York Times

Then the other one is the communion cup, because in our tradition, we use a shared cup.

From Slate