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Recent Examples of reliquary
This is a reliquary of human technology, revealed in a scene that suggests how future beings, like paleontologists inferring huge dinosaurs from tiny bones, get so much wrong.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Gilded silver reliquaries with sculpted hands stand next to a pair of Hermès gloves.
—Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Black Emperor—and Freedom, the record that crystallized McMahon’s songwriting and elevated Amen Dunes beyond its origins as a reliquary of underground curios.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
The Crown of Thorns, said to be the wreath placed on Jesus Christ’s head during his crucifixion, and one of the cathedral’s most sacred items, will sit in a sparkling reliquary.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Gilded silver reliquaries with sculpted hands stand next to a pair of Hermès gloves.
—Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Black Emperor—and Freedom, the record that crystallized McMahon’s songwriting and elevated Amen Dunes beyond its origins as a reliquary of underground curios.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
The Crown of Thorns, said to be the wreath placed on Jesus Christ’s head during his crucifixion, and one of the cathedral’s most sacred items, will sit in a sparkling reliquary.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliquary
shrine
Noun
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The residue was found in bronze jars at an underground shrine in Paestum, an ancient Greek settlement in modern-day Campania, Italy.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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According to legend, this is where the Archangel Michael set out on his pilgrimage and the town originates in the cave that houses a shrine dedicated to him.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Reliquary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliquary. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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