grail
noun
[ ɡreɪl ]
• (in medieval legend) the cup or platter used by Christ at the Last Supper, and in which Joseph of Arimathea received Christ's blood at the Cross. Quests for it undertaken by medieval knights are described in versions of the Arthurian legends written from the early 13th century onward.
• a thing which is eagerly pursued or sought after.
• "the enterprise society where profit at any cost has become the holy grail"
Origin:
from Old French graal, from medieval Latin gradalis ‘dish’.
