Reliquary Definition

rĕlĭ-kwĕrē
reliquaries
noun
A case or other container in which relics are kept and displayed for veneration.
Webster's New World
(figuratively) An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • reliquaire
  • delubrum
  • feretory
  • arca

Other Word Forms of Reliquary

Noun

Singular:
reliquary
Plural:
reliquaries

Origin of Reliquary

  • From Middle French reliquaire (modern French reliquaire), from Late Latin reliquiarium, from reliquia (“a relic") (English relic), noun use of reliquus (“abandoned, left behind, relict"), from relinquo (“I relinquish"), from re- (“again") and linquo (“I leave"), from Proto-Indo-European *leikÊ·-

    From Wiktionary

  • French reliquaire from Old French from relique relic from Late Latin reliquiae sacred relics relic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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