Reliquary
[REL-ə-kwer-ee]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: French, mid-16th century
1.
A container for holy relics.
Examples of Reliquary in a sentence
"The church had a collection of ornate reliquaries."
"Sometimes an archaeological dig will render a reliquary or two."
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