E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Calix’tines (3 syl.).
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.
