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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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Leavings :: Leavings (n. pl.) Things left; remnants; relics.

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

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

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

Tope :: Tope (n.) A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic..

Relique :: Relique (n.) See Relic.

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

Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained..

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

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

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

Archaeology :: Archaeology (n.) The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts, etc..

Relic :: Relic (n.) That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.

Reliction :: Reliction (n.) A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession..

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..

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

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

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

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..

Shrine :: Shrine (n.) A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint..