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Recent Examples of reliquary
This is a reliquary of human technology, revealed in a scene that suggests how future beings, like paleontologists inferring huge dinosaurs from tiny bones, get so much wrong.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Gilded silver reliquaries with sculpted hands stand next to a pair of Hermès gloves.
—Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Black Emperor—and Freedom, the record that crystallized McMahon’s songwriting and elevated Amen Dunes beyond its origins as a reliquary of underground curios.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
The Crown of Thorns, said to be the wreath placed on Jesus Christ’s head during his crucifixion, and one of the cathedral’s most sacred items, will sit in a sparkling reliquary.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Gilded silver reliquaries with sculpted hands stand next to a pair of Hermès gloves.
—Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Black Emperor—and Freedom, the record that crystallized McMahon’s songwriting and elevated Amen Dunes beyond its origins as a reliquary of underground curios.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
The Crown of Thorns, said to be the wreath placed on Jesus Christ’s head during his crucifixion, and one of the cathedral’s most sacred items, will sit in a sparkling reliquary.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliquary
shrine
Noun
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Morrison’s grave has, of course, long been a shrine for Doors fans, who have flocked to the cemetery for years, to pay their respects.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2025
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The basilica also houses a shrine to modern Christian martyrs from around the world, whose relics line both sides of the church and also fill the crypts below.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025
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“Reliquary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliquary. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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