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noun
1.
a surviving memorial of something past.
2.
3.
a surviving trace of something: a custom that is a relic of paganism.
4.
relics,
a.
remaining parts or fragments.
b.
the remains of a deceased person.
5.
EXPANDsomething kept in remembrance; souvenir; memento.
6.
Ecclesiastical. (especially 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.
COLLAPSEa once widespread linguistic form that survives in a limited area but is otherwise obsolete.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French relique < Latin reliquiae (plural) remains (> Old English reliquias), equivalent to reliqu(us) remaining + -iae plural noun suffix
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French relique < Latin reliquiae (plural) remains (> Old English reliquias), equivalent to reliqu(us) remaining + -iae plural noun suffix
Related forms
rel·ic·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
relic
early 13c., "body part or other object from a holy person," from O.Fr. relique (11c.), from L.L. reliquiæ (pl.) "remains of a martyr," from L., "remains, remnants," noun use of fem. pl. of reliquus "remaining, that which remains," from re- "back" + root of linquere "to leave" (see
EXPAND relinquish). Sense of "remains, ruins" is from early 14c. Old English used reliquias, directly from Latin.
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