Definition of relic

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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..

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Relik :: Relik (n.) Relic.
Paleolith :: Paleolith (n.) A relic of the Paleolithic era.
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
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..
Relic :: Relic (n.) Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships..
Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands..
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..
Reliquian :: Reliquian (a.) Of or pertaining to a relic or relics; of the nature of a relic.
Relicted :: Relicted (a.) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water..
Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed..
Apse :: Apse (n.) A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept..
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..
Tartrelic :: Tartrelic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance..
Relict :: Relict (n.) A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.
Fault :: Fault (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
Reliquiae :: Reliquiae (n. pl.) Remains of the dead; organic remains; relics.
Poureliche :: Poureliche (adv.) Poorly.
Mystagogue :: Mystagogue (n.) One who keeps and shows church relics.
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..
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