speaking reliquaries

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Scope note
Reliquaries designed in the shape of the relic they were ostensibly intended to contain, which may be a piece of clothing, an object or fragment of an object, a body part, a saint's blood, or other artifact.
speaking reliquaries
Accepted term: 13-May-2024