reliquaries in a sentence
Examples
- A golden reliquary shrine from the 11th century is about 6 inches high.
- Christian pilgrims visiting Jerusalem returned with Arab reliquaries for the keeping of relics.
- Napoleon I and Napoleon III each offered reliquaries for the crown of thorns.
- Reliquaries and other items " started in September 2013.
- In 1940, a German bomb smashed the original reliquary into 337 fragments.
- Reliquaries provide a means of protecting and displaying relics.
- The faithful often venerate relics by bowing before the reliquary or kissing it.
- In 1899, the sacred reliquary came from Italy.
- Some enkolpia are hollow, so they may be used as a reliquary.
- After the mass, the reliquary could not be removed from the branch.