RELIQUARY


Meaning of RELIQUARY in English

/rel"i kwer'ee/ , n. , pl. reliquaries .

a repository or receptacle for relics.

[ 1650-60; reliquaire reliquiarium, equiv. to L reliqui ( ae ) remains (see RELIC) + -arium -ARY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .