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Topic: RELIGION

Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: reliquaire, from Latin reliquiae; RELIC

reliquary

 noun
     
rel‧i‧qua‧ry plural reliquaries [countable] technical
RR a container for religious objects that are related to holy people
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