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Reliquaries

Scope note

Containers for safeguarding or exhibiting the relics of a saint, varying in size from small boxes to large objects, sometimes in the shape of the enclosed relic. For places in which devotion is paid to holy objects, use "shrines".

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000187549

Broader Terms used

<liturgical containers>

Equivalent Terms used

reliquary

Created

13yrs ago

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