Remnant

/ˈɹɛmnənt/ · noun

Meaning

A small portion remaining of a larger thing or group; part of a former whole..

Definitions by Sense

1. A small portion remaining of a larger thing or group; part of a former whole.
2. The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.
3. An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.
4. (politics, with the) The passionate, influential minority of radicals in a faction or party.
5. (archaic) Still left; remaining.

Example Sentences

The remnants of the Neanderthal race mixed with members of Homo sapiens.

20 ¶ And it shal come to passe in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Iacob, shall no more againe stay vpon him that smote them: but shall stay vpon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel in trueth. 21 The remnant shall returne, euen the remnant of Iacob, vnto the mightie God. 22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall returne: the consumption decreed shall ouerflow with righteousnesse.

Pent up in Utica he vainly forms A poor Epitome of Roman Greatneſs, And, cover’d with Numidian Guards, directs A feeble Army, and an empty Senate, Remnants of mighty Battels fought in vain.

Even while within sight of persons of the prevailing faith, there were individuals bold enough, by folding their arms and bending their head, to give distant and silent intimation that they recognized sister Magdalen, and honoured alike her person and her purpose. […] “You see,” she said, “my son, that the enemies have been unable altogether to suppress the good spirit, or to root out the true seed. Amid heretics and schismatics, spoilers of the church’s lands, and scoffers at saints and sacraments, there remains a remnant.”

Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.

All the remnants were sold in the flea market.

A large number of remnants were taking up too much space, so we disposed of them.

[H]is vow was made in his ſickneſſe, whileſt reaſon was ſcarce as yet in the peaceable poſſeſſion of his mind, becauſe of the remnant dregs of his diſeaſe: […]

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