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rel⋅ic
[rel-ik] 
–noun
| 1. | a surviving memorial of something past. |
| 2. | an object having interest by reason of its age or its association with the past: a museum of historic relics. |
| 3. | a surviving trace of something: a custom that is a relic of paganism. |
| 4. | relics,
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| 5. | something kept in remembrance; souvenir; memento. |
| 6. | Ecclesiastical. (esp. in the Roman Catholic and Greek churches) the body, a part of the body, or some personal memorial of a saint, martyr, or other sacred person, preserved as worthy of veneration. |
| 7. | a once widespread linguistic form that survives in a limited area but is otherwise obsolete. |
Origin:
1175–1225; ME < OF relique < L reliquiae (pl.) remains (> OE reliquias), equiv. to reliqu(us) remaining + -iae pl. n. suffix
1175–1225; ME < OF relique < L reliquiae (pl.) remains (> OE reliquias), equiv. to reliqu(us) remaining + -iae pl. n. suffix
Related forms:
rel⋅ic⋅like, adjective
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| rel·ic (rěl'ĭk) n.
[Middle English relik, object of religious veneration, from Old French relique, from Late Latin reliquiae, sacred relics, from Latin, remains, from reliquus, remaining, from relinquere, relīqu-, to leave behind; see relinquish.] |
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