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• n  a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

• jewel
• gem

News & Articles

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• Theater review: Monty Python's Spamalot
  In various tales that began cropping up in the Middle Ages, the Holy Grail has variously been a serving dish, a dinner plate, a precious stone, or a drinking cup. Of those, the cup seems to have captured the imagination most strongly, I presume because it is the only one of those objects that we can easily visualize touching the lips of God - you know, during Passover?… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe ...
  July 29, 2013 - Creative Loafing Charlotte