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▪ I. reliquary, n.|ˈrɛlɪkwərɪ|
[ad. F. reliquaire (14th c.) = Sp. relicario: see relic and -ary1, and cf. It. reliquiario, med.L. reliquiārium, -iāre, f. reliquiæ.]
A small box, casket, shrine, or other receptacle, in which a relic or relics are kept.
1656Blount Glossogr., Reliquary (Fr. Reliquaire), a Coffin, Casket, or Shrine, wherein Relicks are kept. [Hence in Phillips (1658) and Bailey (1721).] 1739Gray Let. to West 12 Apr., We stopt at St. Denis, saw..crucifixes and vows, crowns, and reliquaries of inestimable value. 1841Bloxam Gothic Archit. (ed. 2) 202 A small stone reliquary or shrine of the fourteenth century was discovered a few years ago. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) I. xv. 108 Then she hung a reliquary round his neck, and sent him to arm for the decisive combat. 1874Green Short Hist. vii. §1. 346 Fresh orders were given to fling all relics from their reliquaries.
transf.a1849Poe Coliseum, Rich reliquary Of lofty contemplation left to Time by buried centuries.
attrib.1877W. Jones Finger-ring 142 In the possession of Lady Fitz Harding is a remarkable reliquary ring.
▪ II. ˈreliquary, a. rare.
[See prec. and -ary1.]
Belonging to a relic or relics.
1826G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (1853) 164 The two most curious specimens of reliquary superstition. 1854Patmore Angel in Ho. i. i. ix, I paced the Close, its every part Endowed with reliquary force To heal and raise from death my heart. |