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Word of the Day - Reliquary

Reliquary (noun) - A reliquary is a container for relics. Relics may be the purported or actual physical remains of saints, and may comprise bones, pieces of clothing, or some object associated with saints or with other religious figures.

The Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral, German is an elaborate reliquary reputedly containing the bones of the biblical Magi (the Three Wise Men).
 


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