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rel·i·quar·y    Audio Help   [rel-i-kwer-ee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -quar·ies.
a repository or receptacle for relics.
[Origin: 1650–60; < MF reliquaire < ML reliquiārium, equiv. to L reliqui(ae) remains (see relic) + -ārium -ary]
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rel·i·quar·y    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 
"receptacle for keeping relics," 1656, from Fr. reliquaire (14c.), from O.Fr. relique (see relic).

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reliquary

noun
a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints) 

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