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A fancy box whose entire job is to make old bones look important.
means A container, often ornate, made to hold and display sacred relics — typically the bones or belongings of saints.
from From Latin 'reliquiae,' meaning 'remains' or 'what is left behind' — the same root that gives us 'relic.' It traveled through Old French 'reliquaire' before settling into English, carrying with it the same core idea: this is the box built for what survives after someone is gone.
- origin
- from Latin reliquiae, meaning leftovers
- contents
- often a saint's finger, tooth, or skull
- design flex
- gold and jewels guarding a literal bone
- modern echo
- basically the medieval glass display case