lipsanotheca
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It is catalogued under the topic Christian reliquaries.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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A lipsanotheca (Italian lipsanoteca) is a reliquary, specifically a small box containing the actual relics inside a reliquary. The term derives from Greek through Late Latin. It has also come to be applied to monumental displays of relics.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “lipsanotheca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.