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==English==
==English==
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈɹɛlɪkwɛɹi/|/ˈɹɛlɪkwəɹi/|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɹɛlɪkwɛɹi/|/ˈɹɛlɪkwəɹi/}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reliquary.wav|a=Southern England}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|reliquaries}}
{{en-noun}}


# A container to hold or display religious [[relic]]s.
# {{lb|en|religion}} A container to hold or display religious [[relic]]s.
#* {{quote-book|year=1935|author=[[w:John Palmer (author)|Francis Beeding]]
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1935|author=[[w:John Palmer (author)|Francis Beeding]]
|title=The Norwich Victims
|title=The Norwich Victims
|chapter=4/1|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL245514W
|chapter=4/1|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL245514W
|passage=“… There is an ivory virgin of the fourteenth century. I once found a buyer for that piece, but the old boy would not sell it.{{...}}The other piece—the one that concerns us—is known as the Borgia '''reliquary'''.”}}
|passage=“… There is an ivory virgin of the fourteenth century. I once found a buyer for that piece, but the old boy would not sell it.{{...}}The other piece—the one that concerns us—is known as the Borgia '''reliquary'''.”}}
#* {{quote-journal|date=February 13, 2009|author=Holland Cotter|title=To Bump Off Art as He Knew It|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/arts/design/13manz.html
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=February 13, 2009|author=Holland Cotter|title=To Bump Off Art as He Knew It|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/arts/design/13manz.html
|passage=And whether you think of those little cans as intellectual puzzles or '''reliquaries''' or scams, there are surprises inside.}}
|passage=And whether you think of those little cans as intellectual puzzles or '''reliquaries''' or scams, there are surprises inside.}}
# {{lb|en|figuratively}} An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
# {{lb|en|figuratively}} An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
# {{lb|en|legal}} A person who [[owe]]s a [[balance]].
# {{lb|en|legal}} A person who [[owe]]s a [[balance]].

====Coordinate terms====
* {{l|en|fereter}}
* {{l|en|feretery}}, {{l|en|feretory}}
* {{l|en|chasse}}
* {{l|en|philatory}}
* {{l|en|stupa}} {{q|Buddhist}}


====Related terms====
====Related terms====
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====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|container for religious relics}}
{{trans-top|container for religious relics}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|мощехранителница|f}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|reliquiari|m}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|reliquiari|m}}
* Chinese:
⚫
* Czech: {{t|cs|relikviář|m}}
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|聖物箱|tr=shèngwùxiāng}}
⚫
* Czech: {{t+|cs|relikviář|m}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|reliekhouder|m}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|reliekhouder|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|relikvujo}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|relikvujo}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|pyhäinjäännöslipas}}, {{t+|fi|relikvaario}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|pyhäinjäännöslipas}}, {{t+|fi|relikvaario}}
* French: {{t+|fr|reliquaire|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|reliquaire|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|cubela|f}}, {{t|gl|firmal|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Reliquienschrein|m}}, {{t+|de|Reliquiar|n}}
* German: {{t|de|Reliquienschrein|m}}, {{t+|de|Reliquiar|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|λειψανοθήκη|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|λειψανοθήκη|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|ereklyetartó}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|helgiskrín|n}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|helgiskrín|n}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|taiseagán|m}}, {{t|ga|cathach|m|f}} {{qualifier|battle reliquary}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|taiseagán|m}}, {{t|ga|cathach|m|f}} {{qualifier|battle reliquary}}
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|cathach|f}}
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|cathach|f}}
* Italian: {{t|it|reliquiario|m}}, {{t|it|lipsanoteca|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: {{t|it|reliquiario|m}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|coodagh taaishnys|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|relikwiarz|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|relikwiarz|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|relicário|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|relicário|m}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|реликва́рий|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|реликва́рий|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|relicario|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|relicario|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|relikskrin|n}}, {{t+|sv|relikvarium|n}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ธาตุ}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ธาตุ}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|röliker}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|реліква́рій|m}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|relikidininädian}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|relikidininädian}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


[[Category:en:Containers]]
{{C|en|Containers}}

Latest revision as of 15:06, 21 October 2024

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
WOTD – 19 July 2012, 19 July 2014

Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French reliquaire (modern French reliquaire), from Late Latin reliquiarium, from rēliquia (“a relic”) (English relic), noun use of reliquus (“abandoned, left behind, relict”), from relinquō (“I relinquish”), from re- (“again”) and linquō (“I leave”), from Proto-Indo-European *leikʷ-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛlɪkwɛɹi/, /ˈɹɛlɪkwəɹi/

Noun

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reliquary (plural reliquaries)

  1. (religion) A container to hold or display religious relics.
    • 1935, Francis Beeding, “4/1”, in The Norwich Victims‎[1]:
      “… There is an ivory virgin of the fourteenth century. I once found a buyer for that piece, but the old boy would not sell it. […] The other piece—the one that concerns us—is known as the Borgia reliquary.”
    • 2009 February 13, Holland Cotter, “To Bump Off Art as He Knew It”, in New York Times‎[2]:
      And whether you think of those little cans as intellectual puzzles or reliquaries or scams, there are surprises inside.
  2. (figuratively) An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
  3. (law) A person who owes a balance.

Coordinate terms

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Translations

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