reliquary
noun/ˈrelɪkwəri/
/ˈrelɪkweri/
(plural reliquaries)
- a container in which a relic of a holy person is keptTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French reliquaire, from Old French relique (originally plural), from Latin reliquiae feminine plural (used as a noun) of reliquus ‘remaining’, based on linquere ‘to leave’.
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