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; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
Relicly :: Relicly (adv.) In the manner of relics.
Reliction :: Reliction (n.) A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession..
Relicted :: Relicted (a.) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water..
Relic :: Relic (n.) Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships..
Mystagogue :: Mystagogue (n.) One who keeps and shows church relics.
Feretory :: Feretory (n.) A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints..
Paleolithic :: Paleolithic (a.) Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements. The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the Stone Age; the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings..
Dagoba :: Dagoba (n.) A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) The state of being left or abandoned.
Poureliche :: Poureliche (adv.) Poorly.
Paleolith :: Paleolith (n.) A relic of the Paleolithic era.
Tope :: Tope (n.) A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic..
Fenes-tella :: Fenes-tella (n.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like..
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..
Antiquity :: Antiquity (n.) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.].
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
Relic :: Relic (n.) That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.
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..
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