Dictionary entry

Reliquary

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Rel″i‐qua‐ry (r?l″?–kw?–r?), n.; pl.-ries (–rĭz). [LL. reliquiarium, reliquiare: cf. F. reliquaire. See Relic.] A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept.