单词 | relicary |
释义 | relicaryn. Chiefly in Spanish and Portuguese contexts: a receptacle or shrine for relics; a reliquary. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > portable shrines or relics > portable shrine > [noun] shrinec1000 crystalc1330 feretoryc1330 scrinea1350 phylacteryc1384 sanctuaryc1386 monstrance1522 feretrum1536 reliquary1550 reliquaire1611 relicarya1661 chasse1670 enchâssure1716 mikoshi1727 sanctorium1816 a1661 R. Bargrave Trav. Diary (1999) 221 But what I most admire in it; is..chiefly theyr Relicary, which is, numerously furnishd with remarkeable Reliques; as a piece of Christs Cross. 1704 Coll. Voy. & Trav. I. vi. x. 266/2 He seeing our Processions, resolv'd to make a Festival to his Idols, and to this purpose borrow'd Jewels and Relicaries of the Portugueses. 1807 Athenæum 1 Apr. 398 Whatever remains of such Catholic sufferers she could procure, she shrined with her own hands,..and she labelled the relicaries in which they were placed. 1831 H. D. Inglis in Spain in 1830 I. x. 335 My conductor led me first to the relicary, whose contents were perhaps more valuable in his eyes than those of the sacristy. 1909 Weekly Advocate (Victoria, Texas) 29 May 4/2 The loyal mother of the house of DeLeon gave to her church sacred ornaments of rare value, one golden relicary being alone worth five hundred dollars. 1979 D. H. Darst tr. M. de Castañega Treat. Witchcraft in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 123 318/2 The priest should light all the candles, open the relicary and take out the host with much awe and reverence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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