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Calixʹtines (3 syl.)

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A religious sect of Bohemians in the fifteenth century; so called from Calix (the chalice), which they insisted should be given to the laity in the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, as well as the bread or wafer.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Calibre [kali-ber]
Caliburn
Calico
Calidore
Caligorant
Caligula
Caligula’s Horse
Caliph or Calif
Calista
Calisto and Arcas
Calixtines
Call (A)
Call Bird (A)
Call-boy (The)
Call of Abraham
Call of God
Call of the House
Call to Arms (To)
Call to the Bar
Call to the Pastorate
Call to the Unconverted