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

Sensualism :: Sensualism (n.) The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not only originate in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism; sensism..

Paleolith :: Paleolith (n.) A relic of the Paleolithic era.

Crest :: Crest (n.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4..

Kitchen Middens :: Kitchen middens () Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians..

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

Antique :: Antique (a.) In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases..

Derelict :: Derelict (n.) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea..

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

Reliquian :: Reliquian (a.) Of or pertaining to a relic or relics; of the nature of a relic.

Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.

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

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..

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

Reliquary :: Reliquary (n.) A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept..

Reliquiae :: Reliquiae (n. pl.) Remains of the dead; organic remains; relics.

Derelict :: Derelict (n.) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use..

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

Relic :: Relic (n.) The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; -- usually in the plural when referring to the whole body..

Antiquity :: Antiquity (n.) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.].

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