reliquary
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ɪˌkwɛr noun, plural rel·i·quar·ies.
a repository or receptacle for relics.
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| —n , pl -quaries | |
| a receptacle or repository for relics, esp relics of saints | |
| [C17: from Old French reliquaire, from relique | |
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Word Origin & History
reliquary
"receptacle for keeping relics," 1656, from Fr. reliquaire (14c.), from O.Fr. relique (see relic).
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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 reliquary.
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