Definition of relic

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Relic (n.) That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.

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Remain :: Remain (n.) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
Questionary :: Questionary (n.) One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.
Derelict :: Derelict (n.) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use..
Relic :: Relic (n.) The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; -- usually in the plural when referring to the whole body..
Relic :: Relic (n.) Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships..
Derelict :: Derelict (n.) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea..
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
Leavings :: Leavings (n. pl.) Things left; remnants; relics.
Reliquary :: Reliquary (n.) A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept..
Relicly :: Relicly (adv.) In the manner of relics.
Apse :: Apse (n.) A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept..
Fenes-tella :: Fenes-tella (n.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like..
Relique :: Relique (n.) See Relic.
Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed..
Fault :: Fault (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
Voodooism :: Voodooism (n.) A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes of Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism..
Sensualism :: Sensualism (n.) The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not only originate in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism; sensism..
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
Poureliche :: Poureliche (adv.) Poorly.
Tartrelic :: Tartrelic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance..
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