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Definition: Loving Cup |
Loving CupNoun1. A large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquet. 2. A large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition; "the school kept the cups is a special glass case". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Loving Cup On the introduction of Christianity, the custom of wassailing was not abolished, but it assumed a religious aspect. The monks called the wassail bowl the poculum caritatis (loving cup), a term still retained in the London companies, but in the universities the term Grace Cup is more general. Immediately after grace the silver cup, filled with sack (spiced wine) is passed round. The master and wardens drink welcome to their guests; the cup is then passed round to all the guests. (See Grace Cup .) A loving or grace cup should always have two handles, and some have as many as four. Loving Cup. This ceremony, of drinking from one cup and passing it round, was observed in the Jewish paschal supper, and our Lord refers to the custom in the words, "Drink ye all of it." "He [the master of the house] laid hold of the yesset with both hands, lifted it up, and said- Blessed be Thou, O Lord our God, thou king of the world, who hast given us the fruit of the vine; and the whole assembly said `Amen.' Then drinking first himself from the cup, he passed it round to the rest."- Eldad the Pilgrim, chap. ix. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang | Noun. Source: A bountiful cup. Definition: A cup that never goes empty. Context: When you are at a party that has a keg and whenever your cup is empty it gets filled immediately . Social Source: Hackey-Sack Players on University of Oregon Campus. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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Synonym: Loving CupSynonym: cup (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courtesy | Obeisance; (reverence); bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection; (worship); obsequiousness; capping, shaking hands; Verb: grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge; love token; (endearment); kiss, buss, salute. |
Sociality | Conviviality; good fellowship, good company; joviality, jollity, savoir vivre, festivity, festive board, merrymaking; loving cup; hospitality, heartiness; cheer. |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Silver Loving Cup (1914) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
loving cup | 10 |
royal doulton loving cup | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "loving cup"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Thai | ถ้วยขนา"ใหญ่มีที่ถือ. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-i-l-n-o-p-u-v" | |
-1 letter: coupling. | |
-2 letters: couping, louping. | |
-3 letters: cluing, coping, coving, loping, loving, oilcup, poling, puling, unclip, unclog, uncoil, upcoil, voling. | |
-4 letters: cling, clung, coign, colin, covin, cuing, gipon, gluon, incog, lingo, logic, lungi, lupin, nicol, oculi, oping, picul, pingo, poilu, vulgo. | |
-5 letters: cion, clip, clog, clon, clop, coil, coin, coni, coup, glop, gulp, icon, iglu, ling, lino. | |
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