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Recent Examples of reliquary
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.
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Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 Feb. 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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Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 Feb. 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
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In a ceremony broadcast live on Facebook, hundreds of Catholics can be seen singing, praying and honoring the shrine by laying yellow sunflowers as offerings.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Japanese politicians under other Administrations, including Ishiba’s, have also visited the shrine, as do thousands of Japanese people every year, which has drawn criticism from China.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Reliquary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliquary. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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