Relic

Quick meaning: Relic is a noun meaning That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.

Meaning

That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.

More Meanings

1. Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.
2. (religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
3. (cosmology) A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.
4. (transitive, uncommon, often of guitars) To cause (an object) to appear old or worn, to distress.
5. Pertaining to the Big Bang.

Example Sentences

Why ſhould onely I, Of all the other Princes of the World, Be caſ’d-vp, like a holy Relique?

She exerted the last relics of her wasted strength to gain a prominent position upon a ledge of the rocks behind her […]

[…] let him not ask our pardon; The nature of his great offence is dead, And deeper than oblivion we do bury The incensing relics of it […]

Published in 1982, the now out-of-print computer guide is a real relic, full of dozens of black-and-white pictures of large, bulky computers that you would sooner find in the Smithsonian than on anybody's desk today.

Word Forms

• relics
• relick
• relique
• relicing
• relicking
• reliced
• relicked

Synonyms for relic

Depending on context, synonyms include remnant, remainder, residue, lave, leavings, leftover.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include souvenir, keepsake, token, remnant, survivorship, survival.

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