Usage Note
Calice is used both for a liturgical chalice in religious contexts and for a wine glass with a stem in everyday Italian. In botany it also refers to the calyx of a flower. The plural is regular: calici.
Examples
"Il sacerdote alzò il calice sull'altare."
Natural Translation
The priest raised the chalice over the altar.
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