Coffret ŕ reliques.
ETYM Late Lat. reliquiarium, reliquiare: cf. French reliquaire. Related to Relic.
A container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints).
A small box or shrine used to hold relics.
Container for holy relics.
Casket or vessel made to hold a relic or relics of a saint, generally made of precious metals and often richly decorated with gold, gems, and enamel. Particularly fine examples date from the early Christian age. If made so that the relic can be seen, the vessel is sometimes called an ostensorium.
ETYM Old Eng. schrin, AS. scrîn, from Latin scrinium a case, chest, box.
A place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person.