Relic

Noun

 * 1) That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
 * 2) Something old kept for sentimental reasons.
 * 3)  A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.

Synonyms

 * remnant, remainder, residue

Related terms

 * delict
 * delinquency
 * delinquent
 * derelict
 * relict
 * relinquish
 * reliquary

Adjectives for Relic
antediluvian; hoary; visible; lacustrine; precious; melancholy; holy; fascinating; pathetic; prehistoric; sartorial; exquisite; venerable; sacred; unmistakable; quaint; supposed; amusing; incensing; celebrated; curious; archaeological; unseemly; tender; quivering; cherished; moldering.

Thesaurus
Agnus Dei, Holy Grail, Host, Methuselah, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, account, 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 water, holy-water sprinkler, icon, incensory, inventory, keepsake, letters, list, longhair, matriarch, matzo, memento, memento mori, memorabilia, memorial, memorials, memories, menorah, 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, 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, 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

Etymology
From <  <  reliquiae: < relinquo: < re-: + linquo:.

Translations

 * Armenian: մնացորդ
 * Finnish: jäännökset


 * Hebrew: שריד
 * Russian: останки


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese: relíquia
 * Russian: реликвия


 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: relique
 * German:
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 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese: relíquia
 * Russian: мощи
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: