reliquaire

English

Etymology

From French reliquaire.

Noun

reliquaire (plural reliquaires)

1. reliquary (container)

French

reliquaire

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.li.kɛʁ/

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Noun

reliquaire m (plural reliquaires)

1. reliquary (container)

Further reading

• “reliquaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Noun

reliquaire m (plural reliquaires)

1. reliquary (container)
   • 1596, Lettres du Iappon de l'an M. D. XCVI.

     Le diable sentant approcher le reliquaire, commença à ietter de grands cris, & se tourmenter horriblement, disant, Laisse moy, ie sçay bien que tu es Chrestien.

     The devil feeling the reliquary approaching started to cry out, and in horrible agony said "leave me alone, I know that you are Christian."

Old French

Noun

reliquaire oblique singular, m (oblique plural reliquaires, nominative singular reliquaires, nominative plural reliquaire)

1. reliquary (container)