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relic

noun

rel·​ic ˈre-lik How to pronounce relic (audio)
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

Example Sentences

a crude stone ax and other relics of the Neanderthals in my grandparents' attic are many “groovy” relics from the 1960s
Recent Examples on the Web The Caribou-Palermo, a 56-mile conduit running along the rugged edge of the mountain canyon, was a relic of that era, so old that it was once considered for the National Register of Historic Places. Katherine Blunt, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 The structures are a relic of a past era of prosperity for the small boomtown. Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Aug. 2022 Fifteen years later, in July of 2020, Obama spoke at the funeral of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis and labeled the filibuster as a Jim Crow relic that should be eliminated. Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2021 But for me, the main attraction of Marathon was a relic of its eccentric human history: the Old Seven Mile Bridge. Tony Perrottet, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022 The original is very much a relic of the ’80s, but there are lots of possibilities to modernize the story, particularly if Gomez and Peña explore the perspective of Latina women in the workforce. Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 3 Aug. 2022 The original shack was a relic of the post-World War II food stands that sprouted up throughout the country in the 1940s and required little more than the remnants of wartime aluminum to construct. Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022 Email will soon be a relic of the past, sometimes used, but regarded like snail mail as a lesser method. John Kim, Forbes, 19 July 2022 If newspapers-on-newsprint are in decline, then newspapers-delivered-by-kids-on-bikes seem like a relic of the even-more-distant past. Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English relik, from Anglo-French relike, from Medieval Latin reliquia, from Late Latin reliquiae, plural, remains of a martyr, from Latin, remains, from relinquere to leave behind — more at relinquish

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of relic was in the 13th century

Phrases Containing relic

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