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relique

relique


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Relic  \Rel"ic\  (r?l"?k),  n.  [F.  relique,  from  L.  reliquiae,  pl., 
  akin  to  relinquere  to  leave  behind.  See  {Relinquish}.] 
  [Formerly  written  also  {relique}.] 
  1.  That  which  remains;  that  which  is  left  after  loss  or 
  decay;  a  remaining  portion;  a  remnant.  --Chaucer.  Wyclif. 
 
  The  relics  of  lost  innocence.  --Kebe. 
 
  The  fragments,  scraps,  the  bits  and  greasy  relics. 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  There  are  very  few  treasuries  of  relics  in  Italy 
  that  have  not  a  tooth  or  a  bone  of  this  saint. 
  --Addison. 
 
  Thy  relics,  Rowe,  to  this  fair  urn  we  trust,  And 
  sacred  place  by  Dryden's  awful  dust.  --Pope. 
 
  3.  Hence  a  memorial;  anything  preserved  in  remembrance;  as 
  relics  of  youthful  days  or  friendships. 
 
  The  pearls  were  spilt;  Some  lost,  some  stolen,  some 
  as  relics  kept.  --Tennyson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Relique  \Re*lique"\  (r?-l?k"),  n.  [F.] 
  See  {Relic}.  --Chaucer.