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reliquary

Meaningremains

Common meaning: container for religious relics

Journey through time

  1. Latinreliquiae‘remains’source
  2. Late Latinmeaning shiftsremains → neutreliquiae‘neut’source
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftsneut → relic containerreliquaire‘relic container’source
  4. Englishreliquary‘container for religious relics’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin reliquiae ‘remains’.

Roots

Related words

relic

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