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Recent Examples of reliquary
Still missing however, is a reliquary brooch set with 94 diamonds.
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Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Each of these reliquary sculptures reminds us that art can register loss without nostalgia and sadness without despair.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Other reliquaries purported to hold strands from the Virgin Mary and even Jesus himself.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
For this special dual reliquary for Survival Kit, each piece includes details from 100 famous artists’ artworks of birds, presented along with their death dates.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Each of these reliquary sculptures reminds us that art can register loss without nostalgia and sadness without despair.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Other reliquaries purported to hold strands from the Virgin Mary and even Jesus himself.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
For this special dual reliquary for Survival Kit, each piece includes details from 100 famous artists’ artworks of birds, presented along with their death dates.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliquary
shrine
Noun
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The current watchers of the shrine are Sgt.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
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Religious pilgrimages to local shrines mix piety with communal festivities and music.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2026
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