Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a pipe used for smoking marijuana, which, when used by Rastafarians, takes on a sacred and ritualistic role; thus the ‘religious’ name.

1980		M. Thelwell Harder They Come 207: Robed cultists, smoking their chalice, a sacred water pipe full of ganja, danced to an orchestra of drums.
1981		Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) 31 May 26/3: Adults shared a large pipe or chalice, filled with marijuana.
1993		London Posse ‘Pass Me the Rizla’ 🎵 We hit the chalice.
2004		A. Mansbach ‘Crown Heist’ in Brooklyn Noir 126: Then I brought out the chalice, like, ‘Now we’re gonna see if y’all can really smoke.’.
2007		C. Cambell ‘100 lbsof Collie’ 🎵 Just a 100 pounds of collie / Burning in the chalwa.
2010		K. Richards Life 342: They used to smoke the chalice, a coconut with a huge earthenware jug on top and about half a pound of weed in it and a rubber pipe coming out the end.
2011		J. Shepherd ‘Love Mi Chalice Cup’ 🎵 Mi love when di chalice cup load / Mi burn herb every day.