reliquary
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reliquary
- /ˈɹɛlɪ(ˌ)kwɛɹi/
- /ˈɹɛlɪkwəɹi/
Where it comes from
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-.
noun reliquaries
- A container to hold or display religious relics. “… There is an ivory virgin of the fourteenth century. I once found a buyer for that piece, but the old boy would not sell it.[…]The other piece—the one that concerns us—is known as the Borgia reliquary.”
- An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
- A person who owes a balance.
Translations
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noun container for religious relics
| Español | relicario |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 聖物箱 /圣物箱 shèngwùxiāng |
| Português | relicário |
| Français | reliquaire |
| Deutsch | Reliquienschrein, Reliquiar |
| Italiano | reliquiario, lipsanoteca |
| Ελληνικά | λειψανοθήκη leipsanothíki |
| Română | relicvariu |
| Русский | реликва́рий relikvárij, мощевик moščevik |
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