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for toasts. The form survives in modern sporting trophies, and in the chalices of church liturgy. The 15th-century silver Lacock Cup is a rare English secular survival. These were the sort of cups offered by cup-bearers, historically often an important office in courts.

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The English word "cup" has meant a drinking vessel since at least 1000 AD.

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