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reliquary
RE-la-kwaer-ee
noun
a place where relics are stored; a shrine used to store relics
1886Gustave FlaubertMadame BovaryShe saw amid the illusions of her hope a state of purity floating above the earth mingling with heaven, to which she aspired. She wanted to become a saint. She bought chaplets and wore amulets; she wished to have in her room, by the side of her bed, a reliquary set in emeralds that she might kiss it every evening.1886Georg EbersThe Bride of the NileOrion looked down greatly disappointed; the idea of seeing this splendid gem hidden away in a reliquary in some dim cupboard did not please him: He could have found a much more gratifying use for it.1921John BuchanThe Path of the KingThe little chin was firm, but the mouth was pettish. Her teeth bit on a gold chain, which encircled her neck and held a crystal reliquary.

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