Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Reliquary"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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