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Definitions From Webster's online Dictionary
reliquary: Pronunciation: 're-l&-kwer-E noun Inflected Form(s):plural-
quaries
Etymology: French reliquaire, from Medieval Latin reliquiarium,
from reliquia relic --
1: a container or shrine in which sacred relics are kept
relic: Pronunciation:
're-lik' noun
Etymology: Middle English relik, <from Old French relique,
from Medieval Latin reliquia, from Late Latin reliquiae,
plural, remains of a martyr, from Latin, remains, from relinquere
to leave behind
Date: 13th century
1 a:. an object esteemed and venerated because of association
with a saint or martyr b. souvenir, memento
2: plural remains, corpes
3: a survivor or remnant left after decay, disintegration,
or disappearance
4: a trace of some past or outmoded practice, custom,
or belief
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