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   Rem·nant

   /ˈremnənt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a small remaining quantity of something. Similar remainsremainderleftoversleavingsresiduereststubbuttendtail enddregsleestechnical:residuum
   • ▪ a piece of cloth or carpeting left when the greater part has been used or sold. Similar scrappiecebitfragmentshredoffcutoddment
   • ▪ a surviving trace: "a remnant of the past"
   • ▪ a small minority of people who will remain faithful to God and so be saved (in allusion to biblical prophecies concerning Israel).

   adjective

   • 1. remaining: "remnant strands of hair"

   Word Origin Middle English: contraction of obsolete remenant from Old French remenant, from remenoir, remanoir ‘remain’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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