reliquairen.

1611 H. Hexham tr. J. Polyander Disputation against Adoration of Reliques of Saints 46 S. Martyn discouvered..the sepulchre & reliquaire of a Martyr greatly renowned in his Countrey.

1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray Gen. Chronol. Hist. France iii. 684 They broke or melted all their Shrines, Reliquaires and sacred Vessels of Gold and Silver, which the Prince Coined into Money with the Arms and Effigies of the King.

1769 H. Walpole Let. 17 Sept. in Corr. (1941) X. 294 We were shown some rich reliquaires, and the Corpo Santo, that was sent to her by the Pope.

1774 Catal. Museum R. Bateman (J. Christie) 9 A small reliquaire with a coral bead..and a small chaplet of beads with medals of saints.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby vi. 281 While from the opening casket rolled A chain and reliquaire of gold.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold III. ix. vii. 31 ‘In witness of that oath thou wilt lay thy hand upon the reliquaire,’ pointing to a small box that lay on the cloth of gold.

1908 Washington Post 15 May 3/2 One must understand that the poem is both a national chapel and a national reliquaire not to question the space given in it to Portuguese history alone.

1979 J. Merriman Consciousness & Class Experience in 19th-cent. Europe vi. 140 The remains of St. Martial and other saints were paraded about town in a procession which involved a total of 230 relics, in 92 reliquaires.