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reliquary
[ rel-i-kwer-ee ]
noun
- a repository or receptacle for relics.
reliquary
/ ˈ°ùÉ›±ôɪ°ì·ÉÉ™°ùɪ /
noun
- a receptacle or repository for relics, esp relics of saints
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of reliquary1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of reliquary1
Example Sentences
The reliquary itself, held in the square’s church, was a series of exceedingly odd musical interactions between vocalists and the instruments in a combination of rap session and organized mystical service.
The crown, which has been kept at the Louvre Museum while the famed cathedral underwent extensive renovation, has been placed in a newly built reliquary to replace the one from 1806.
There are 1,500 new wooden chairs for the congregation, and a new reliquary behind the choir to hold the Crown of Thorns.
A fragment of that relic was returned in the 1930s to Brigidine Sisters elsewhere in Ireland and is stored in a small metal reliquary, shaped like an oak tree, an image associated with Brigid.
After the announcement of the beatification, a painting of the family was unveiled and a reliquary containing their remains was brought to the centre of the stage.
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