relikaryo
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish relicario.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
relikaryo (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜒᜃᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)
- small reliquary (usually on a necklace)
- Synonym: agnos
- 2007, Yakal Wika 5' 2007 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 237:
- Ang relikaryo ay mga labi o naiwang gamit ng isang namatay na tao.
- A relic is the remains or objects left behind by a person who died.
- small locket
- Synonym: agnos
- 1999, José Rizal, translated by Virgilio Almario, El Filibusterismo, →ISBN, page 69:
- Iyon nga ang relikaryong taglay ni Maria Clara noong pista ng San Diego at dala ng habag ay ipinagkaloob ng dalaga sa isang ketongin.
- It was the same locket that Maria Clara had worn during the fiesta in San Diego and which she had in a moment of compassion given to a leper.