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мощехранителница — meaning in English

moshtehranitelnitsa

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English meaning

  • reliquary noun A container to hold or display religious relics.
  • shrine noun A place considered sacred and dedicated to a deity, saint, or revered figure.

Senses

мощехранителница is used for these senses in English:

  • reliquary (religion) A container to hold or display religious relics.
  • shrine A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.

reliquary — full definition

  1. noun A container to hold or display religious relics.
  2. noun An object that sustains the memory of past people or events.
  3. noun A person who owes a balance.

shrine — full definition

  1. noun A place considered sacred and dedicated to a deity, saint, or revered figure.
  2. noun A collection of items honoring someone or something, arranged with reverence.
  3. verb To enshrine; to treat with reverence, as if placing in a shrine.

Related Bulgarian words