"holy grail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: holy grails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} holy grail (plural holy grails)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Holy Grail Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Holy Grail
    Sense id: en-holy_grail-en-noun-2bHnGdU3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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