reliquaire
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
reliquaire (plural reliquaires)
- reliquary (container)
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
reliquaire m (plural reliquaires)
- reliquary (container)
Further reading edit
- “reliquaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Noun edit
reliquaire m (plural reliquaires)
- reliquary (container)
- 1596, Lettres du Iappon de l'an M. D. XCVI.
- Le diable sentant approcher le reliquaire, commença à ietter de grands cris, & se tourmenter horriblement, disant, Laisse moy, ie sçay bien que tu es Chrestien.
- The devil feeling the reliquary approaching started to cry out, and in horrible agony said "leave me alone, I know that you are Christian."
- 1596, Lettres du Iappon de l'an M. D. XCVI.
Old French edit
Noun edit
reliquaire oblique singular, m (oblique plural reliquaires, nominative singular reliquaires, nominative plural reliquaire)
- reliquary (container)