reliquary

as in shrine

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Recent Examples on the Web 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 Hierophany & Hedge is a shop that sells cauldrons, crystals, candles, incense, eclipse reliquaries and other hermetic devices, magic books, Pharaonic tomb and other exotic reagents, talismans, wands and more. Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 10 May 2023 Hiller gave it to his son, Paul, who in 1911 supposedly transferred it to a new reliquary. oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2023 The reliquary that outlasts the bone of the saint. Rick Barot, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 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 17 Nov. 2024.

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