Example sentences for: reliquaries

How can you use “reliquaries” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Sixty-one scenes from the Greek prayer Lord, Thou Art Great by renowned icon painter Ioánnis Kornáros (1770) are among the highlights, along with jewel-encrusted vestments and reliquaries of precious metals.

  • Cornell's boxes are like reliquaries infused with deflected eroticism and the magic of hopeless wishes.

  • These splendid examples of the goldsmith’s art from the 11th to 15th centuries — richly bejeweled crosses, reliquaries, and portable altars — were presented to St. Blasius Cathedral in Brunswick by many succeeding generations of Guelph dukes.


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