Reliquary Definition

rĕlĭ-kwĕrē
reliquaries
noun
A case or other container in which relics are kept and displayed for veneration.
Webster's New World
(figuratively) An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • reliquaire
  • delubrum
  • feretory
  • arca

Other Word Forms of Reliquary

Noun

Singular:
reliquary
Plural:
reliquaries

Origin of Reliquary

  • From Middle French reliquaire (modern French reliquaire), from Late Latin reliquiarium, from reliquia (“a relic") (English relic), noun use of reliquus (“abandoned, left behind, relict"), from relinquo (“I relinquish"), from re- (“again") and linquo (“I leave"), from Proto-Indo-European *leikÊ·-

    From Wiktionary

  • French reliquaire from Old French from relique relic from Late Latin reliquiae sacred relics relic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Reliquary Sentence Examples

  • Besides the silver shrine of St Simeon, many gold and silver ornaments, church vessels and old manuscripts, there are a set of vestments and a reliquary, believed by the monks to have been the property of St Sava.

  • The monstrance was formerly used of a reliquary, exposing the sacred object to view.

  • The back of the crucifix contains an empty reliquary with a sliding lid carved with symbols of the Passion.

  • The most treasured item in the procession is a copy of a golden reliquary said to hold a tooth of the Buddha.

  • The pieces of the cross are splinters put together in the shape of a cross inside the glass section of the small reliquary.

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Words Starting With

RREREL

Words Ending With

YRYARY

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