Thesaurus results for RELIQUARY

reliquary

noun

as in shrine

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Recent Examples of reliquary 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 Other caves became reliquaries for troves of Chinese cultural and artistic artifacts. —

Maria Papadouris, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reliquary

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shrine

Noun

The concierge specializes in Kyoto’s cultural events, and can help access exclusive ochaya with an interpreter, score tickets to the theater, book dinner reservations, a huge help in Kyoto, or help arrange meetings with monks and priests at the city’s Shinto shrines and temples.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026
Kyoto has some 2,000 shrines and temples.

— Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026