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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.].

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

Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..

Relicly :: Relicly (adv.) In the manner of relics.

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

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

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

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

Tartrelic :: Tartrelic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dagoba :: Dagoba (n.) A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.

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