reliquary

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A container to hold or display religious relics.
2. (figuratively) An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
3. A person who owes a balance.

Sinonieme

shrine

church

⛪

recess

tabernacle

sacred place

Vertalings

reliquaire

reliquiario

relicario

reliquiari

Reliquiar

relicário

λειψανοθήκη

Reliquienschrein

reliekhouder

teca

reliquiarium

kutsal emanetlerin saklandığı sandık

reliquier

châsse

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛlɪkwɛɹi/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Frans: reliquaire

Verwante met Engels: relic

In summary

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-.