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Reliquary

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

n. A receptacle, such as a coffer or shrine, for keeping or displaying sacred relics.

n. A container to hold or display religious relics.

n. An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.

n. A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept.

n. A repository for relics, often, though not necessarily, small enough to be carried on the person. See shrine, and cut under phylacterium.

n. In law, one who owes a balance; also, a person who pays only piecemeal.

Of or pertaining to a reliquary.

Residual.

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

"This reliquary is a product of the monastic workshop of St. Maurice d'Agaune."

Words that are more generic or abstract

container

Words with the same meaning

casket

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