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- DictionaryRel·ic/ˈrelik/
noun
- 1. an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical or sentimental interest.
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1. a. : an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr. b. : souvenir, memento. 2. relics plural : remains, corpse. 3. : a survivor or remnant left after decay, disintegration, or disappearance. 4. : a trace of some past or outmoded practice, custom, or belief. Synonyms. echo. ghost. shadow. trace. vestige.
Add to word list. an object from the past, esp. one that has no modern use but is often valued for its meaning or importance in history: The ship was a relic of the Spanish-American War. A relic is also a part of the body or clothing of a saint (= holy person), or something that belonged to a saint.
noun. a surviving memorial of something past. an object having interest by reason of its age or its association with the past: a museum of historic relics. a surviving trace of something: a custom that is a relic of paganism. relics, remaining parts or fragments. the remains of a deceased person.
Meaning of relic in English. relic. noun [ C ] us / ˈrel.ɪk / uk / ˈrel.ɪk / Add to word list. an object, tradition, or system from the past that continues to exist: During the dig, the archaeological team found some relics from the Stone Age. The country's employment system is a relic of the 1960s when jobs were scarce.
A relic is a fragment from the past — one of Elvis's guitars, an ancient piece of pottery or even an outmoded way of thinking -– that remains behind. Your dad might love his old albums, but to you, they're just relics. The noun relic is derived from relinquere, Latin for "to leave behind."
1 day ago · 1. countable noun. If you refer to something or someone as a relic of an earlier period, you mean that they belonged to that period but have survived into the present . The tower is a relic of grim days when big houses had to be fortified against invaders. ...an old lady in her eighties, always dressed in black - a relic of a past age. [ + of]
a part of the body or clothing of a holy person, or something that they owned, that is kept after their death and respected as a religious object. Definition of relic noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
