Definition

1. Noun:
   • Relics: Physical objects or remains associated with a saint, holy person, or martyr, often preserved as objects of veneration.
   • Hagiography / Saints' biographies: The body of literature describing the lives, deeds, and miracles of saints.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Relics):

  • Nhà thờ lưu giữ nhiều thánh tích quý giá. (The church preserves many precious relics.)
  • Các thánh tích được trưng bày trong hòm kính. (The relics are displayed in a glass case.)

• Noun (Hagiography):

  • Cuốn sách này nghiên cứu về thánh tích của các vị thánh thời Trung Cổ. (This book researches the hagiography of saints from the Medieval period.)

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used in academic or religious contexts to refer to the study or collection of saints' relics and their documented histories.
• "Khoa thánh tích": The field of hagiography; the scholarly study of saints' lives and cults.

Variants and Related Words

• Hòm thánh tích (n): A reliquary; a container for storing or displaying holy relics.
  • Hòm thánh tích được chế tác tinh xảo bằng vàng. (The reliquary is exquisitely crafted from gold.)

Synonyms

• Relics: Sacred remains, holy artifacts.
• Hagiography: Saints' legends, hagiology.

Related Terms

• Thánh (n): Saint.
• Tích (n): Trace, vestige; often used in compound words to mean "story" or "account" (e.g., - a tale).