grail

Meaning

Noun

• The Holy Grail.
• Something eagerly sought or quested for.
• A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.
• Small particles of earth; gravel.
• One of the small feathers of a hawk.

Origin

• Old French graal, from Medieval Latin gradalis, possibly corrupted over time from Latin crater.
• From Old French grael, ultimately from Latin graduale. gradual.
• Origin uncertain; perhaps a reduced form of gravel.
• Compare Old French graite slender.