reliquary

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reliquary - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reliquary \Rel"i*qua*ry\ (r?l"?-kw?-r?), n.; pl. -ries
     (-r[i^]z). [LL. reliquiarium, reliquiare: cf. F. reliquaire.
     See Relic.]
     A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics
     are kept.
     [1913 Webster]

reliquary - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  reliquary
      n 1: a container where religious relics are stored or displayed
           (especially relics of saints)

reliquary - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  100 Moby Thesaurus words for "reliquary":
     arch, barrow, beehive tomb, bone house, boundary stone, box grave,
     brass, burial, burial chamber, burial mound, bust, cairn,
     catacombs, cenotaph, chalice, charnel house, chrismal, chrismatory,
     ciborium, cist, cist grave, column, cromlech, cross, cruet, crypt,
     cup, cyclolith, dagoba, deep six, delubrum, dokhma, dolmen, font,
     footstone, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, holy place,
     holy-water font, house of death, inscription, last home, long home,
     low green tent, low house, marker, mastaba, mausoleum, megalith,
     memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue,
     memorial stone, menhir, monolith, monstrance, monument, mound,
     mummy chamber, naos, narrow house, necrology, obelisk, obituary,
     ossuarium, ossuary, ostensorium, passage grave, pillar, pit,
     plaque, prize, pyramid, pyx, reliquaire, remembrance,
     resting place, ribbon, rostral column, sacrarium, sepulcher, shaft,
     shaft grave, shrine, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, testimonial,
     tomb, tombstone, tope, tower of silence, trophy, tumulus, vault