Definition of RELIQUARY

reliquary

Meanings

Plural: reliquaries

Noun

  • a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)
  • A container to hold or display religious relics.
  • An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
  • A person who owes a balance.

Origin / Etymology

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-.

Scrabble Score: 21

reliquary is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
reliquary is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
reliquary is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

reliquary is a valid Words With Friends word