reliquary
pronunciation
How to pronounce reliquary in British English:
UK [ˈrelɪkwəri]
How to pronounce reliquary in American English:
US [ˈrelɪkweri]
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- Noun:
- a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)
Word Origin
- reliquary (n.)
- "receptacle for keeping relics," 1650s, from French reliquaire (14c.), from relique (see relic).
Example
- 1. I guess this reliquary 's broken .
- 2. Limestone roundel depicting the worship of a reliquary .
- 3. This reliquary is the best preserved example of goldsmithing to survive from early india .
- 4. On august 5th the bones were solemnly transported to a sozopol church and sealed in a silver reliquary donated by the prime minister . There are no plans for tests .
- 5. The earliest record of a chalice from the last supper is of a two-handled silver chalice which was kept in a reliquary in a chapel near jerusalem between the basilica of golgotha and the martyrium .