Crossword-Solution: RELIQUARY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Reliquary | n. | A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept. |
We have 10 clues for the answer “RELIQUARY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A container for holy relics | 1 answer |
| Display case for holy artifacts | 1 answer |
| Place to keep ancient artifacts | 1 answer |
| case or shrine for holy relics | 1 answer |
| A CONTAINER WHERE RELIGIOUS RELICS ARE STORED OR DISPLAYED | 11 answers |
| PRAYER, place of | 28 answers |
| PLACE of worship | 34 answers |
| Receptacle | 36 answers |
| Container. | 52 answers |
| Church part | 55 answers |
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Sentences with RELIQUARY (5)
The reliquary of silver-gilt, shaped like a large human head, and supposed to contain the skull of the saint, was first placed upon the altar; next, two vials containing a dark substance said to be his blood, having been taken from the wall, were also placed upon the altar near the head.
And as he thought of those cobwebs and of all the dangers he had been through, and the manner in which he had been preserved that day, his hand sought a little reliquary that hung about his neck, and he clasped it for a moment with heartfelt gratitude.
She hurriedly dried her eyes and arranged her dress, tossing the reliquary and its broken chain on the table.
The reliquary was then brought forward and placed at the top of the steps leading from the apse to the nave; but the original intention of carrying it round the temple was abandoned for fear of accidents through the pressure round it of the enormous multitudes who were assembled.
Nothing could be more decorous than the prisoner’s behaviour when, after hearing the recantation that was read out to him by the Manager, he signed the document with his name and address, which we again withhold, and kissed the reliquary in confirmation of his words.
Quotes with RELIQUARY (2)
Voyages IIIInfinite consanguinity it bears This tendered theme of you that light Retrieves from sea plains where the sky Resigns a breast that every wave enthrones; While ribboned water lanes I wind Are laved and scattered with no stroke Wide from your side, whereto this hour The sea lifts, also, reliquary hands. And so, admitted through black swollen gates That must arrest all distance otherwise, Past whirling pillars and lithe pediments, Light wrestling there incessantly wi…
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Appears in: USA TODAY.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2004).