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Webster's English Dictionary

relic

n. [F. relique, from L. reliquiae, pl., akin to relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.]1. That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant. (Chaucer. Wyclif.)

The relics of lost innocence. (Kebe.)

The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy relics. (Shak.)

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. ()

There are very few treasuries of relics in Italy that have not a tooth or a bone of this saint. (Addison.)

Thy relics, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred place by Dryden's awful dust. (Pope.)

3. Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships. ()

The pearls were spilt; Some lost, some stolen, some as relics kept. (Tennyson.)