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Dutch
Etymology
From reliek (“relic”) + schrijn (“shrine”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: re‧liek‧schrijn
Noun
reliekschrijn n (plural reliekschrijnen, diminutive reliekschrijntje n)
- (Roman Catholicism) a coffin-like reliquary