reliquary
IPA: riɫˈɪkwɛri
noun
- A container to hold or display religious relics.
- (figuratively) An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
- (law) A person who owes a balance.
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Examples of "reliquary" in Sentences
- The inside of the reliquary box is ornate.
- The Scuola still have the reliquary I think.
- In 1899, the sacred reliquary came from Italy.
- But the reliquary on top does have some of his bones.
- Her relics are stored in a marble reliquary in the Basilica.
- It burned in 1754 but the reliquary and statue being rescued.
- Another reliquary in the cathedral houses some relics of Saint Cyril.
- It is now preserved in a reliquary on the right side altar of the church.
- In the place of the altar is a former reliquary, covered by a Roman tombstone.
- The faithful often venerate relics by bowing before the reliquary or kissing it.
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