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語源

From Middle English Seint Graal, from Old French saint graal, saint greal (“Holy Grail”).

固有名詞

Sangrail

1. (now rare, poetic) The Holy Grail.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XI:

     Ryght so there cam by the holy vessell, the Sankegreall, wyth all maner of swetnesse and savoure – but they cowde nat se redyly who bare the vessell.

   • 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Introduction to Canto First: To William Stewart Rose, Esq.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, OCLC 270129616, page 17:

     A sinful man, and unconfessed, / He took the Sangreal’s holy quest, [...]