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   relic

   /ˈrɛlɪk/

   noun

   • 1. an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical interest: "a museum of railway relics" Similar artefacthistorical objectancient objectantiquityantiqueheirloomobject of virtucuriofossil
   • ▪ a part of a deceased holy person's body or belongings kept as an object of reverence: "miracles wrought by the relics of St Stephen" Similar remainsbody partsbonescorpsedead bodycadaverholy/sacred objectsreliquiae
   • ▪ a person or thing that has survived from an earlier time but is now outmoded: "the supermodel has become an embarrassing relic from the early 1990s"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French relique (originally plural), from Latin reliquiae (see reliquiae).

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