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relic :
noun 1 (usually relics) a fragment or part of an object left after the rest has decayed • unearthed relics from the stone-age village. 2 an object valued as a memorial or souvenir of the past. 3 something left from a past time, especially a custom, belief, practice, etc • a relic of medieval Britain. 4 RC Church, Orthodox Church part of the body of a saint or martyr, or of some object connected with them, preserved as an object of veneration. 5 colloq a an old person; b something that is old or old-fashioned. 6 (relics) archaic the remains of a dead person; a corpse. 7 biol a relict species.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Latin reliquiae remains.
noun 1 (usually relics) a fragment or part of an object left after the rest has decayed • unearthed relics from the stone-age village. 2 an object valued as a memorial or souvenir of the past. 3 something left from a past time, especially a custom, belief, practice, etc • a relic of medieval Britain. 4 RC Church, Orthodox Church part of the body of a saint or martyr, or of some object connected with them, preserved as an object of veneration. 5 colloq a an old person; b something that is old or old-fashioned. 6 (relics) archaic the remains of a dead person; a corpse. 7 biol a relict species.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Latin reliquiae remains.
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