'Relic' definitions:
Definition of 'relic'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Relic'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The relics of lost innocence. --Kebe. [1913 Webster]
- The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy relics. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- There are very few treasuries of relics in Italy that have not a tooth or a bone of this saint. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Thy relics, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred place by Dryden's awful dust. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships. [1913 Webster]
- The pearls were spilt; Some lost, some stolen, some as relics kept. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'relic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- Agnus Dei,
- ancient manuscript,
- annals,
- antediluvian,
- antique,
- antiquity,
- archaism,
- ark,
- artifact,
- asperger,
- asperges,
- aspergillum,
- back number,
- bambino,
- beadroll,
- beads,
- candle,
- catalog,
- cave painting,
- censer,
- chaplet,
- chronicle,
- ciborium,
- commemoration,
- conservative,
- correspondence,
- cross,
- crucifix,
- cruet,
- dad,
- documentation,
- dodo,
- elder,
- eolith,
- eucharistial,
- favor,
- fogy,
- fossil,
- fragment,
- fud,
- fuddy-duddy,
- granny,
- has-been,
- heirloom,
- history,
- holy cross,
- Holy Grail,
- holy water,
- holy-water sprinkler,
- Host,
- icon,
- incensory,
- inventory,
- keepsake,
- letters,
- list,
- longhair,
- matriarch,
- matzo,
- memento,
- memento mori,
- memorabilia,
- memorial,
- memorials,
- memories,
- menorah,
- Methuselah,
- mezuzah,
- mezzolith,
- microlith,
- mid-Victorian,
- mikvah,
- monstrance,
- mossback,
- neolith,
- old believer,
- old crock,
- old dodo,
- old fogy,
- old liner,
- old man,
- old poop,
- old woman,
- old-timer,
- osculatory,
- ostensorium,
- paleolith,
- paschal candle,
- patriarch,
- pax,
- petrification,
- petrified forest,
- petrified wood,
- petroglyph,
- phylacteries,
- Pieta,
- pipe roll,
- plateaulith,
- pop,
- pops,
- prayer shawl,
- prayer wheel,
- pyx,
- reactionary,
- record,
- recording,
- register,
- registry,
- regular old fogy,
- relics,
- reliquiae,
- remains,
- remembrance,
- remembrancer,
- reminder,
- remnant,
- roll,
- rolls,
- rood,
- rosary,
- roster,
- rota,
- ruin,
- ruins,
- sacramental,
- sacred relics,
- sacring bell,
- Sanctus bell,
- Sangraal,
- scrap,
- scroll,
- shadow,
- shard,
- shofar,
- souvenir,
- square,
- starets,
- sukkah,
- survival,
- tabernacle,
- table,
- tallith,
- thurible,
- token,
- token of remembrance,
- trace,
- traditionalist,
- trophy,
- urceole,
- veronica,
- vestige,
- vigil light,
- votive candle