"reliquary" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɛlɪkwɛɹi/, /ˈɹɛlɪkwəɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reliquary.wav Forms: reliquaries [plural]
Etymology: 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-. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|reliquaire}} Middle French reliquaire, {{cog|fr|reliquaire}} French reliquaire, {{der|en|LL.|reliquiarium}} Late Latin reliquiarium, {{cog|en|relic}} English relic, {{der|en|ine-pro|*leikʷ-}} Proto-Indo-European *leikʷ- Head templates: {{en-noun}} reliquary (plural reliquaries)
  1. (religion) A container to hold or display religious relics. Categories (topical): Religion, Containers Translations (container for religious relics): мощехранителница (moštehranitelnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), reliquiari [masculine] (Catalan), 聖物箱 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣物箱 (shèngwùxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), relikviář [masculine] (Czech), reliekhouder [masculine] (Dutch), relikvujo (Esperanto), pyhäinjäännöslipas (Finnish), relikvaario (Finnish), reliquaire [masculine] (French), cubela [feminine] (Galician), firmal [masculine] (Galician), Reliquienschrein [masculine] (German), Reliquiar [neuter] (German), λειψανοθήκη (leipsanothíki) [feminine] (Greek), ereklyetartó (Hungarian), helgiskrín [neuter] (Icelandic), taiseagán [masculine] (Irish), cathach (english: battle reliquary) [feminine, masculine] (Irish), reliquiario [masculine] (Italian), lipsanoteca [feminine] (Italian), coodagh taaishnys [masculine] (Manx), cathach [feminine] (Old Irish), relikwiarz [masculine] (Polish), relicário [masculine] (Portuguese), relicvariu [neuter] (Romanian), реликва́рий (relikvárij) [masculine] (Russian), relicario [masculine] (Spanish), relikskrin [neuter] (Swedish), relikvarium [neuter] (Swedish), ธาตุ (tâat) (Thai), röliker (Turkish), реліква́рій (relikvárij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), relikidininädian (Volapük)
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  2. (figuratively) An object that sustains the memory of past people or events. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-reliquary-en-noun-GOlrgYgd
  3. (law) A person who owes a balance. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-reliquary-en-noun-xf3-ZRL2 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 11 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 40 10 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 11 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 32 11 56 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: relic Coordinate_terms: fereter, feretery, feretory, chasse, philatory, stupa [Buddhist, Buddhism, religion, lifestyle]

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with German translations",
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    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
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    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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          "ref": "1935, Francis Beeding, “4/1”, in The Norwich Victims:",
          "text": "“… 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.”",
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          "ref": "2009 February 13, Holland Cotter, “To Bump Off Art as He Knew It”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "And whether you think of those little cans as intellectual puzzles or reliquaries or scams, there are surprises inside.",
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        "(religion) A container to hold or display religious relics."
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        "An object that sustains the memory of past people or events."
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        "(figuratively) An object that sustains the memory of past people or events."
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        "(law) A person who owes a balance."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛlɪkwɛɹi/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛlɪkwəɹi/"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "moštehranitelnica",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "мощехранителница"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
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      "word": "reliquiari"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "word": "聖物箱"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèngwùxiāng",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "word": "圣物箱"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
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      "sense": "container for religious relics",
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      "word": "reliekhouder"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "word": "relikvujo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "word": "pyhäinjäännöslipas"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "word": "relikvaario"
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      "word": "reliquaire"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cubela"
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      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "firmal"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Reliquienschrein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Reliquiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "leipsanothíki",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λειψανοθήκη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "word": "ereklyetartó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "helgiskrín"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taiseagán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "english": "battle reliquary",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cathach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cathach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reliquiario"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lipsanoteca"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coodagh taaishnys"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "relikwiarz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "relicário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "relicvariu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "relikvárij",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "реликва́рий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "relicario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "relikskrin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "relikvarium"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tâat",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "word": "ธาตุ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "word": "röliker"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "relikvárij",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "реліква́рій"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "container for religious relics",
      "word": "relikidininädian"
    }
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}

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