Reliquary

Definitions

1. A container to hold or display religious relics.
2. An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
   figuratively
3. A person who owes a balance.

Equivalents

Examples

““… 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.””

“And whether you think⟳ of those little cans as intellectual puzzles or reliquaries or scams, there are surprises inside.”

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