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Relik :: Relik (n.) Relic.

Remain :: Remain (n.) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

Fault :: Fault (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.

Feretory :: Feretory (n.) A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints..

Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) The state of being left or abandoned.

Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands..

Apse :: Apse (n.) A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept..

Questionary :: Questionary (n.) One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.

Remain :: Remain (n.) That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.

Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed..

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..

Antiquary :: Antiquary (n.) One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity..

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..

Fenes-tella :: Fenes-tella (n.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like..

Mystagogue :: Mystagogue (n.) One who keeps and shows church relics.

Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.

Relicted :: Relicted (a.) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water..

Relict :: Relict (n.) A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.

Poureliche :: Poureliche (adv.) Poorly.

Amulet :: Amulet (n.) An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [Also used figuratively.].

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