reliquary
noun
rel·i·quary
ˈre-lə-ˌkwer-ē 
plural reliquaries
: a container or shrine in which sacred relics are kept
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One of the reliquaries was marked with a short inscription suggesting that the bone fragments belonged to the Buddha.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
Carlo’s shrine stood off to the side, the reliquary protected behind a screen.
—Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Inside the chamber was a sandstone chest containing five reliquaries (containers for holy relics), which held bones and ash alongside nearly 1,800 pearls, rubies, topazes, sapphires and other gems.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
In Chicago, there is a parish of the Blessed Carlo Acutis, and there’s another of the same name in England; there’s a shrine to him at a church in New Jersey that Carlo’s mother furnished with an ornate reliquary containing a strand of his hair.
—Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
Carlo’s shrine stood off to the side, the reliquary protected behind a screen.
—Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Inside the chamber was a sandstone chest containing five reliquaries (containers for holy relics), which held bones and ash alongside nearly 1,800 pearls, rubies, topazes, sapphires and other gems.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
In Chicago, there is a parish of the Blessed Carlo Acutis, and there’s another of the same name in England; there’s a shrine to him at a church in New Jersey that Carlo’s mother furnished with an ornate reliquary containing a strand of his hair.
—Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Reliquary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reliquary. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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reliquary
noun
rel·i·quary
ˈrel-ə-ˌkwer-ē
plural reliquaries
: a small box or shrine in which sacred relics are kept
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