[F. châsse:—L. capsa CASE: see also CHASE sb.2] A shrine or case for the relics of a saint.

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1670.  Lassels, Voy. Italy (1698), I. 35. In this Church are to be seen many famous Relicks of S. Mary Magdalen, as her … Body in a gilt Chasse.

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1865.  Reader, 18 March, 219/1. A … fine chasse of Limoges enamel of the middle of the thirteenth century.

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