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an object, tradition, or system from the past that continues to exist: During the dig, the archaeological team found some relics from the Stone Age. The country's employment system is a relic of the 1960s when jobs were scarce. a part of the body or something that belonged to a holy person: These bones are the relics of a 12th-century saint.
The meaning of RELIC is an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr. How to use relic in a sentence.
In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains or personal effects of a saint or other person preserved for the purpose of veneration as a tangible memorial.
RELIC meaning: 1. an object, tradition, or system from the past that continues to exist: 2. a part of the body or…. Learn more.
Definition of relic noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A relic is a fragment from the past — one of Elvis's guitars, an ancient piece of pottery or even an outmoded way of thinking -– that remains behind. Your dad might love his old albums, but to you, they're just relics. The noun relic is derived from relinquere, Latin for "to leave behind."
relic. (relɪk ) Word forms: plural relics. 1. countable noun. If you refer to something or someone as a relic of an earlier period, you mean that they belonged to that period but have survived into the present. The tower is a relic of grim days when big houses had to be fortified against invaders.
a surviving memorial of something past. an object having interest by reason of its age or its association with the past: a museum of historic relics. a surviving trace of something: a custom that is a relic of paganism. relics, remaining parts or fragments. the remains of a deceased person.
RELIC meaning: 1 : something that is from a past time, place, culture, etc. often + of or from; 2 : an object (such as a piece of clothing or the bone of a saint) that is considered holy.
Synonyms for RELIC: artifact, trace, remnant, vestige, ghost, reminder, echo, shadow; Antonyms of RELIC: comer, rising star, up-and-comer.
