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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

reliquary , receptacle containing the relics of saints and other sacred objects of the Christian religion. Reliquaries were often designed in shapes that reflected the nature of their contents, such as hands, shoes, buildings, and heads. They were richly decorated with gold, silver, enamel, and jewels. Author not available, RELIQUARY. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture reliquary. Receptacle in which the Relics of Saints are kept. They may be very small, such as a box or casket, or very large, ornate, and magnificent, such as the shrine of St Edward in Westminster Abbey. It should be remembered that great medieval buildings were often erected to house shrines or reliquaries, and so may ... Read more

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology chase 2 adorn (metal) with engraving. XIV. contemp. with synon. enchase , of which it may be an aphetic deriv.; perh. — (O)F. enchâsser enclose in a reliquary, put a gem in a setting, f. EN- 1 + châsse casket, reliquary :- L. capsa CASE 2 . Read more

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