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  • 101relic — rel|ic [ˈrelık] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: relique, from Latin reliquiae things left behind , from relinquere; RELINQUISH] 1.) an old object or custom that reminds people of the past or that has lived on from a past time ▪ Roman… …

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  • 102relic — [13] A relic is etymologically something ‘left’ behind. The word comes via Old French relique from Latin reliquiae ‘remains, particularly of a dead saint’. This was a noun use of the feminine plural of reliquus ‘remaining’, an adjective formed… …

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  • 103relic — [13] A relic is etymologically something ‘left’ behind. The word comes via Old French relique from Latin reliquiae ‘remains, particularly of a dead saint’. This was a noun use of the feminine plural of reliquus ‘remaining’, an adjective formed… …

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  • 104relic — rel•ic [[t]ˈrɛl ɪk[/t]] n. 1) a surviving memorial of something past 2) an object having interest by reason of its age or its association with the past 3) a surviving trace of something: a custom that is a relic of paganism[/ex] 4) relics a)… …

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