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reliquary
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rel·i·quar·y
/
ˈrɛl
ɪˌkwɛr
i
/
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[
rel
-i-kwer-ee
]
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noun,
plural
rel·i·quar·ies.
a repository or receptacle for relics.
Origin:
1650–60;
<
Middle French
reliquaire
<
Medieval Latin
reliquiārium,
equivalent to
Latin
reliqui
(
ae
) remains (see
relic
) +
-ārium
-ary
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reliquary
(ˈrɛlɪkwərɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-quaries
a receptacle or repository for relics, esp relics of saints
[C17: from Old French
reliquaire
, from
relique
relic
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
reliquary
"receptacle for keeping relics," 1656, from Fr. reliquaire (14c.), from O.Fr. relique (see
relic
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Pilgrim badges were souvenirs of these journeys and, if brought into contact with the church's
reliquary
, holy objects themselves.
In a larger, newer church adjacent, a shard of pale bone no bigger than a thumbnail lies in a golden
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.
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