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Indigo Nights <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:13:46 -0700
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I'm not an expert but, from their definitions in
http://www.yourdictionary.com , it would appear they
probably are not:

Main Entry: rel.i.quary
Pronunciation: 're-l&-"kwer-E
Function: noun
Etymology: French reliquaire, from Medieval Latin
reliquiarium, from reliquia relic -- more at RELIC
Date: circa 1656
Inflected Form(s): plural -quar.ies
: a container or shrine in which sacred relics are
kept

Main Entry: os.su.ary
Pronunciation: 'ä-sh&-"wer-E, -sy&-, -s&-
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin ossuarium, from Latin, neuter of
ossuarius of bones, from Old Latin ossua, plural of
oss-, os
Date: 1658
Inflected Form(s): plural -ar.ies
: a depository for the bones of the dead



--- "Robin K. Blum" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Is a reliquary something like an ossuary?
>
> Robin K. Blum
> In My BookR
> http://www.inmybook.com
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