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reliquary

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reliquary (rĕl'əkwĕr`ē), receptacle containing the relics of saints and other sacred objects of the Christian religion. Reliquaries were often designed in shapes that reflected the nature of their contents, such as hands, shoes, buildings, and heads. They were richly decorated with gold, silver, enamel, and jewels.
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Rich reliquary Of lofty contemplation left to Time By buried centuries of pomp and power
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A golden chain, to which was attached a small reliquary of the same metal, hung round her neck.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
In the centre of this crowd, the grand officers of the Brotherhood of Fools bore on their shoulders a litter more loaded down with candles than the reliquary of Sainte-Geneviève in time of pest; and on this litter shone resplendent, with crosier, cope, and mitre, the new Pope of the Fools, the bellringer of Notre-Dame, Quasimodo the hunchback.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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