reliquary

as in shrine

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Recent Examples of reliquary 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 Using neutron imaging preserved the pendant while revealing five small reliquary packages of silk and linen holding bone splinters. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2023 The most beautiful physical object is surely the casting mold for a sculpture of the rind of an enormous winter squash, presented as a reliquary atop a rough-hewn altar, that was the centerpiece of an uninhibited 1971 performance. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023 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 Dec. 2024.

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