English Dictionary

reliquary

/ˈɹɛlɪkwɛɹi/

noun

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

The reliquary in the church holds ancient artifacts and sacred relics.

意味（1）

A container to hold or display religious relics.

… There is an ivory virgin of the fourteenth century. I once found a buyer for that piece, but the old boy would not sell it.[…]The other piece—the one that concerns us—is known as the Borgia reliquary.

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

(law) A person who owes a balance.