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Audio Help [rel-i-kwer-ee] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [rel-i-kwer-ee] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -quar·ies.
| a repository or receptacle for relics. |
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Reliquary
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Audio Help (rěl'ĭ-kwěr'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. rel·i·quar·ies A receptacle, such as a coffer or shrine, for keeping or displaying sacred relics. [French reliquaire, from Old French, from relique, relic, from Late Latin reliquiae, sacred relics; see relic.] |
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reliquary
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| reliquary | |
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| a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints) |
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