noun · rare

reliquary

reliquary · reliquaries

релікварій

реликварий, мощевик

Reliquienschrein, Reliquiar

A container to hold or display religious relicsA container to hold or display religious relics.

/ˈɹɛlɪ(ˌ)kwɛɹi/

» Antonio discovered that the reliquary was empty.

Meaning

3 senses

A container to hold or display religious relics.
Reliquienschrein, Reliquiar
реликва́рийrelikvárij, мощевикmoščevik
реліква́рійrelikvárij
a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)
(figuratively)An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
A person who owes a balance.

Examples

2 sentences

Antonio discovered that the reliquary was empty.
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The exhibit, called "Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary," sheds light on the history and traditions of the region.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

container for religious relics:

Русский

By meaning 1

container for religious relics:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

container for religious relics:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French reliquaire (modern French reliquaire), from Late Latin reliqui

Borrowed from Middle French reliquaire (modern French reliquaire), from Late Latin reliquiarium, from rēliquia (“a relic”) (English relic), noun use of reliquus (“abandoned, left behind, relict”), from relinquō (“to relinquish”), from re- (“again”) and linquō (“to leave”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.

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