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

Antiquary :: Antiquary (n.) One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity..

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

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

Relique :: Relique (n.) See Relic.

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

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

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

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.].

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..

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.

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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