relic
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈrɛlɪk/
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reliquia
- Her father's antique English desk became the battered, shabby relic she'd worked at for nearly five years.
- relic of the past
- precious relics
- sacred relics
And it's very important that you not treat it as a relic to be revered.
- And it's very important that you not treat it as a relic to be revered.
- He was the guardian of some of the chief relics of the Christian world, the relics of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, the Apostles.
- Monks on the western coast of France abandoned their monasteries and move their communities and relics further inland.
- And Einhard's agents negotiate with this dubious kind of character who maybe can get them some relics and maybe not.
- Silent, buoyant, bizarrely benign relics of an outmoded design.
- And it's in an inscribed stone relic room.
- But Carl stood erect, his relic, this relic from the past, body still hard and firm, scarred face and head.
Examples
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Ahead is the fairy castle, broken and crumbling, like some relic from a nightmare.
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Thank God, there's still some power left in this relic.
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It's cool to have this relic that is still so good today.
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Now it's just this old relic.
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It's beautiful, it's cool, it's fun to drive, and it was an amazing relic from its time period that is still beloved today.
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The doors would actually open so that the faithful could actually see the relic inside and each of them is decorated.
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We don't really know what this relic can do.
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Valek is looking for an ancient relic.
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Paintings, relics, worth millions.
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The museum displayed a relic from the ancient civilization that was over 2,000 years old.
Synonyms
224
4.2
An object made by people that shows a past culture
109
5.6
An object made long ago and valued for its age or beauty
55
6.4
Things kept to remind you of famous people or events
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7.0
A valuable object kept in a family and given from parents to children for many generations
47
6.0
An object kept to remind you of a person or event
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3.4
A small object kept to remember a person or event
22
4.1
A thing people collect because it is interesting or valuable, like cards
22
3.9
An object kept to remind you of a person, place, or event
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4.7
An object of value passed down in a family from parents to children
11
5.4
An object that people want to keep because it is rare and valuable
2
7.2
An object, custom, or idea from long ago that seems out of date
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3.0
Something people keep safe because it is worth money or has special meaning
An old object that reminds people of an earlier time
Compounds
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Etymology
Relic comes from the Latin word reliquiae, which means 'things left behind', and from the verb relinquere meaning 'to leave behind'. So a relic is an object from the past that people keep because it remains as a memory or has value.