Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty properNoun

— A diminutive of the male given names Montgomery and Montague.

python

— noun large Old World boas — noun a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit

Python

— noun (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi

and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list. I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer. I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

holy Adjective

— If something is holy, it is very religious or good and important in a religion. They believe the birthplace of their is holy land.

grail

— noun the object of any prolonged endeavor — noun (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper