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relic
[ rel-ik ]
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.
- something kept in remembrance; souvenir; memento.
- 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.
- a once widespread linguistic form that survives in a limited area but is otherwise obsolete.
relic
/ ˈ°ùÉ›±ôɪ°ì /
noun
- something that has survived from the past, such as an object or custom
- something kept as a remembrance or treasured for its past associations; keepsake
- usually plural a remaining part or fragment
- RC Church Eastern Churches part of the body of a saint or something supposedly used by or associated with a saint, venerated as holy
- informal.an old or old-fashioned person or thing
- archaic.plural the remains of a dead person; corpse
- ecology a less common term for relict
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ù±ð±ôi³¦Â·±ô¾±°ì±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of relic1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of relic1
Example Sentences
The Clinton-era law, which in the current climate is beginning to feel like a relic of a bygone time, was up for renewal later this year.
Today, its high ceilings and patterned tiled floors remain as relics of a younger Los Angeles.
And here we are, watching history rinse and repeat, except that this time the Confederacy isn’t just a relic of the past — it’s alive and well, just waving a different flag.
She laments that the “heyday†of Hollywood, like her job, is a relic of the past.
Historical relics have also been burned to the ground - a significant loss to an area considered one of South Korea's cultural centres.
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