reliquary

n. 圣骨匣, 遗骨匣, 圣物箱

发音

其它 /ˈɹɛlɪkwɛɹi/

词形变化

reliquaries 复数 reliquaries

别名

relicary

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A container to hold or display religious relics.

    圣物箱

    宗教
  2. 2.

    An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    A person who owes a balance.

    法律

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

container

词源

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 (“to relinquish”), from re- (“again”) and linquō (“to leave”), from Proto-Indo-European *leikʷ-.

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