Holy Grail

From Middle English Holy Grayle.

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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.
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.

Holy Grail (plural Holy Grails)

1. (figuratively) Anything that is highly sought-after but attained only through difficult endeavor.

   Nanotechnology is the holy grail of medicine.

   • 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.65:

     Pushing fifty, Alphonse was still afraid to approach women. Still searching for his holy grail, too: a 1965 yellow Mustang hardtop with 289-cubic-inch engine, four-barrel carburetor, and solid-lifter valve train. He belonged to something called the Yellow Mustang Registry. Checked eBay five or six times a day. Phoenician Yellow, his dream car had to be, not the paler Springtime Yellow, also available back in '65.

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