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reliquary

Casket or vessel made to hold a relic or relics of a saint, generally made of precious metals and often richly decorated with gold, gems, and enamel. Particularly fine examples date from the early Christian age. If made so that the relic can be seen, the vessel is sometimes called an ostensorium.



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Rich reliquary Of lofty contemplation left to Time By buried centuries of pomp and power
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
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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