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Recent Examples of reliquary from the Web
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Like tiny reliquaries, daguerreotypes kept safe the image of one’s beloved.
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The reliquary was apparently stolen Friday night from the basilica of Castelnuovo Don Bosco, so named for the town’s most famous son.
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And finally, out-glitzing everything else, one of the most spectacular reliquaries of the European Middle Ages is here.
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To Christians, Jerusalem is a giant walk-through reliquary of Jesus’ life and death, with every street, every stone, soaked in his aura.
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Origin and Etymology of reliquary
French reliquaire, from Medieval Latin reliquiarium, from reliquia relic — more at relic
Other Christian Religious Terms
RELIQUARY Defined for English Language Learners
reliquary
playDefinition of reliquary for English Language Learners
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: a container that is used to hold holy objects (called relics)
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