In the Christian Church, esp. the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches: the physical remains (as the body or a part of it) of a saint, martyr, or…

An object or artefact held sacred by some other religion or culture (as those of the ancient world, or Judaism, Buddhism, etc.).

figurative. An object of veneration. Obsolete.

An image or similitude of a deity or divinity, used as an object of worship: applied to those worshipped by pagans, whence, in scriptural…

Orthodox Church. A representation of some sacred personage, in painting, bas-relief, or mosaic, itself regarded as sacred, and honoured with a…