Reliquary
noun
A container where religious relics are kept or displayed.
The church housed a gold reliquary containing a fragment of a saint's bone.
Often appears as...
- ornate reliquary
- sacred reliquary
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A container where religious relics are kept or displayed.
The church housed a gold reliquary containing a fragment of a saint's bone.
Often appears as...
- ornate reliquary
- sacred reliquary
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Artifact
Reliquaries are linked to religious practices and often have historical value.
Pilgrims travelled miles to see the saint's reliquary.
Pro Tip 2/3Artistic Embellishment
Reliquaries are frequently decorated with intricate designs or precious materials.
The museum's medieval reliquary was adorned with gemstones.
Pro Tip 3/3Spiritual Significance
The content of a reliquary, not the container itself, often holds spiritual significance.
Faithful worshippers kissed the glass panel of the reliquary.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Artifact
Reliquaries are linked to religious practices and often have historical value.
Pilgrims travelled miles to see the saint's reliquary.
Pro Tip 2/3Artistic Embellishment
Reliquaries are frequently decorated with intricate designs or precious materials.
The museum's medieval reliquary was adorned with gemstones.
Pro Tip 3/3Spiritual Significance
The content of a reliquary, not the container itself, often holds spiritual significance.
Faithful worshippers kissed the glass panel of the reliquary.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Artifact
Reliquaries are linked to religious practices and often have historical value.
Pilgrims travelled miles to see the saint's reliquary.
Pro Tip 2/3Artistic Embellishment
Reliquaries are frequently decorated with intricate designs or precious materials.
The museum's medieval reliquary was adorned with gemstones.
Pro Tip 3/3Spiritual Significance
The content of a reliquary, not the container itself, often holds spiritual significance.
Faithful worshippers kissed the glass panel of the reliquary.
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Video examples
Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
project that brought these things back out that is part of our project as well and you can see the effects of the looting that have taken place here what you're looking at is a what's called the Cobham it's a shortened or a reliquary that had once the remains of an important personage probably a lama
Video examples
Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
project that brought these things back out that is part of our project as well and you can see the effects of the looting that have taken place here what you're looking at is a what's called the Cobham it's a shortened or a reliquary that had once the remains of an important personage probably a lama
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Rob Sheffield
American Journalist
Being a pop fan is a lot like Catholic devotion - lots of ritual, lots of ceremony... We touch the icon to enter the sacred space, genuflecting to reliquaries and ostentatoria that make something splendid of our most secret desires and agonies.
Quote examples
Rob Sheffield
American Journalist
Being a pop fan is a lot like Catholic devotion - lots of ritual, lots of ceremony... We touch the icon to enter the sacred space, genuflecting to reliquaries and ostentatoria that make something splendid of our most secret desires and agonies.
Example 1 of 1
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