RELIQUARIES

Meaning of RELIQUARIES in English

pl of reliquary.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

PENDANT — I Ornament suspended from a bracelet, earring, or necklace and derived from the primitive practice of wearing amulets or talismans …
Английский словарь Британика
OTTONIAN ART — Painting, sculpture, and other visual arts produced during the reigns of the German Ottonian emperors and their first successors from …
Английский словарь Британика
VOW — I. ˈvau̇ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English vowe, vow, vou, from Old French vo, vou, vowe, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RELIQUARY — /rel"i kwer'ee/ , n. , pl. reliquaries . a repository or receptacle for relics. [ 1650-60; reliquaire reliquiarium, equiv. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RELIQUARY — [ 'rɛlɪkwəri ] ■ noun ( plural reliquaries ) a container for holy relics. Origin C16: from Fr. reliquaire , …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PENDANT — also spelled Pendent, in architecture, sculpted ornament or elongated boss terminating the fan, or pendant, vaulting, associated with late English …
Britannica English vocabulary
MONSTRANCE — also called ostensorium in the Roman Catholic church and some other churches, a vessel in which the eucharistic Host is …
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GOLDWORK — sculpture, vessels, jewelry, ornamentation, and coinage made from gold. Gold is at once the most malleable and the most ductile …
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ENAMELWORK — technique of decoration whereby metal objects or surfaces are given a glasslike glaze that is fused onto the surface by …
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BRONZE WORK — implements and artwork made of bronze, which is an alloy of copper, tin, and, occasionally, small amounts of lead and …
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TRUE CROSS — Christian relic, reputedly the wood of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. Legend relates that the True Cross …
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TEMPIO MALATESTIANO — English Malatesta Chapel burial chapel in Rimini, Italy, for Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, the lord of the city, together with his …
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REIMS — also spelled Rheims city, Marne dpartement, Champagne-Ardenne region, northeastern France, east-northeast of Paris. On the Vesle River, a tributary of …
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OTTONIAN ART — painting, sculpture, and other visual arts produced during the reigns of the German Ottonian emperors and their first successors from …
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NICHOLAS OF VERDUN — flourished c. 1150, 1210, Flanders the greatest enamelist and goldsmith of his day and an important figure in the transition …
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MONZA — Latin Modicia city, Milano provincia, Lombardia (Lombardy) regione, northern Italy. It lies along the Lambro River, just northeast of Milan. …
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MONS — (French), Flemish Bergen capital of Hainaut province, southwestern Belgium, set on a knoll between the Trouille and Haine rivers, at …
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LIEGE — (French), Flemish Luik, German Lttich capital of Lige province, eastern Belgium, on the Meuse River at its confluence with the …
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BUDDHIST COUNCIL — any of several assemblies convened in the centuries following the death of the Buddha to recite approved texts of scriptures …
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RELIQUARY — rel ‧ i ‧ qua ‧ ry /ˈreləkwəri, ˈrelɪkwəri $ -kweri/ BrE AmE noun ( plural reliquaries ) [countable] technical …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RELIQUARY — ( reliquaries) A reliquary is a container where religious objects connected with a saint are kept. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RELIQUARY — (reliquaries) A ~ is a container where religious objects connected with a saint are kept. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SUBSTANCE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a banned substance/drug (= a drug that people competing in a sport are not allowed …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHOWER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rain shower ( also a shower of rain British English ) (= a …
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RELIQUARY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He clung to the thought as to a talisman, or a reliquary of supernatural power. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a precious possession (= one that is valuable or important to you ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PENDANT — n. Ornament suspended from a bracelet, earring, or necklace and derived from the primitive practice of wearing amulets or talismans …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OTTONIAN ART — Painting, sculpture, and other visual arts produced during the reigns of the German Ottonian emperors and their first successors from …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Webster English vocab

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