reliquary

as in shrine

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Recent Examples of reliquary His body, clad in a tracksuit and sneakers, has been on display for veneration in a sanctuary in the town, and his heart has been displayed in a reliquary in the St. Francis Basilica. San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2024 Across the hall is Richter’s synth reliquary, where, along with his Russian Blue cat, Kiki, reside several Moogs, the TC 6000 system behind Sleep’s subterranean reverb, effects units immortalized by King Tubby and Syd Barrett, and enough reel-to-reel tape machines to fill a museum. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2024 Surak regretted that they were stored this way and not placed in proper reliquaries in locations where they could be venerated. Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024 Stavanger Cathedral’s reliquary was believed to have been lost 500 years ago, the museum said. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for reliquary 

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“Reliquary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliquary. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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