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noun holy grail (plural holy grails)
- A distant, all-but-unobtainable ultimate goal of a person or organization.
- A difficult or near-impossible goal that would prove to be a major benefit (example: "nanotechnology is the holy grail of medicine")
Translations: proper noun the Holy Grail
- An artifact in Christian mythology, being the dish used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the Crucifixion.
Translations: - Dutch: Heilige Graal
- French: le Graal , le Saint-Graal
- German: der Heilige Gral
- Spanish: santo grial
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Etymology: Holy + Celtic or Old French graal.
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