"Holy Grail" meaning in English

See Holy Grail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Holy Grail [canonical], Holy Grails [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English Holy Grayle. (web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Holy Grayle}} Middle English Holy Grayle, {{sense|web page layout}} (web page layout): Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s|def=1|head=Holy Grail}} the Holy Grail (plural Holy Grails)
  1. (Arthurian legend) An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion. Categories (topical): Arthurian mythology, Christianity Translations (artifact in Christian mythology): Graal (Breton), Graal Santel (Breton), Свещен Граал (Svešten Graal) (Bulgarian), Sant Greal [masculine] (Catalan), 聖杯 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣杯 (shèngbēi) (Chinese Mandarin), Gral [masculine] (Cornish), Svatý grál [masculine] (Czech), Heilige Graal [feminine] (Dutch), Sankta gralo (Esperanto), Graalin malja (Finnish), Graal [masculine] (French), Saint-Graal [masculine] (French), Graal [masculine] (Galician), Santo Graal [masculine] (Galician), Heiliger Gral [masculine] (German), Άγιο Δισκοπότηρο (Ágio Diskopótiro) [neuter] (Greek), Άγιο Ποτήριο (Ágio Potírio) [neuter] (Greek), Szent Grál (Hungarian), An Soitheach Naofa [masculine] (Irish), Santo Graal [masculine] (Italian), 聖杯 (Seihai) (alt: せいはい) (Japanese), 성배 (Seongbae) (alt: 聖杯) (Korean), ຈອກສັກສິດ (chǭk sak sit) (Lao), Gradalis Sanctus [masculine] (Latin), Grail Casherick (Manx), Seint Graal (Middle English), Saint Graal [masculine] (Middle French), hellige gral (Norwegian), Graal [masculine] (Polish), Święty Graal [masculine] (Polish), Santo Graal [masculine] (Portuguese), Свято́й Грааль (Svjatój Graalʹ) [masculine] (Russian), Свети Грал [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Свети Здела [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Sveti Gral [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Sveti Zdela [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Santo Grial [masculine] (Spanish), den heliga gral [common-gender] (Swedish), Banal na Kopita (Tagalog), จอกศักดิ์สิทธิ์ (Thai), Kutsal Kâse (Turkish), Mukaddes Kâse (Turkish), Greal sanctaidd [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (Internet, informal) A web page layout with fixed-width columns to the left and right, and a central area that fills the remaining space. Tags: Internet, informal Categories (topical): Internet
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Noun

Forms: Holy Grails [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English Holy Grayle. (web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Holy Grayle}} Middle English Holy Grayle, {{sense|web page layout}} (web page layout): Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Holy Grail}} Holy Grail (plural Holy Grails)
  1. (figuratively) Anything that is highly sought-after but attained only through difficult endeavor. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: holy grail Related terms: Sangraal, Sangrail, Sangreal Translations (distant or difficult, sought-after goal): heilige graal [feminine] (Dutch), graalin malja (Finnish), άγιο δισκοπότηρο (ágio diskopótiro) [neuter] (Greek), Santo Graal [masculine] (Italian), santo graal [masculine] (Portuguese), золотое руно n священный Грааль (zolotoje runo) [idiomatic, masculine] (Russian), santo grial (Spanish)
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      ],
      "word": "santo graal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zolotoje runo",
      "sense": "distant or difficult, sought-after goal",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "золотое руно n священный Грааль"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "distant or difficult, sought-after goal",
      "word": "santo grial"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Holy Grail"
  ],
  "word": "Holy Grail"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": svjaščennyj Graalʹ vs. zolotoje runo",
  "path": [
    "Holy Grail"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "Holy Grail",
  "trace": ""
}

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