Associations to the word «Reliquary»

Wiktionary

RELIQUARY, noun. A container to hold or display religious relics.
RELIQUARY, noun. (figuratively) An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.

Dictionary definition

RELIQUARY, noun. A container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca