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Reliquary Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Reliquary has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)

2

A container to hold or display religious relics.

See Also
relic relict reliquarylike apse reliquaries owe balance staurotheke
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
container
Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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