Definition of relic

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Relic (n.) Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships..

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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..
Feretory :: Feretory (n.) A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints..
Relic :: Relic (n.) Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships..
Poureliche :: Poureliche (adv.) Poorly.
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..
Leavings :: Leavings (n. pl.) Things left; remnants; relics.
Mystagogue :: Mystagogue (n.) One who keeps and shows church relics.
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..
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 of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
Reliction :: Reliction (n.) A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession..
Paleolith :: Paleolith (n.) A relic of the Paleolithic era.
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..
Apse :: Apse (n.) A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept..
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..
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.
Relicly :: Relicly (adv.) In the manner of relics.
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