reliquiaen.

Brit.

/rᵻˈlɪkwɪiː/, U.S.

/rəˈlɪkwiˌi/,

/rəˈlɪkwiˌaɪ/

Forms: Old English reliquię, Old English–early Middle English reliquie, early Middle English reliquia (perhaps transmission error), 1500s– reliquiae.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin reliquiae.

Etymology: < classical Latin reliquiae remnants, remains, remnants of food, scraps, dregs, remains or relics of a dead person, survivors, vestiges, traces, in post-classical Latin also sacred relics (4th or 5th cent. in Jerome; from 8th cent. (frequently from 11th cent.) in British sources) < reliquus (earlier relicuus ) remaining ( < re- re- prefix + liq- , stem of linquere to leave (see linquish v.), after relinquere relinquish v.) + -iae , plural of -ia -ia suffix¹. Compare reliquies n., relic n., relict n.The word apparently became obsolete in early Middle English and was reborrowed in the 16th cent. In Old English the semi-naturalized reliquias reliquies n. is more common.

With plural agreement.

1. Relics of a saint, martyr, or other deceased holy person. Cf. relic n. 1a. rare.

ΚΠ

OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) lviii. 101 To þæs abbodes naman and þæra halgena, þe hyra reliquie [a1225 Winteney reliquie], þ[æt] is hyra ban, on þære stowe restað.

OE Regularis Concordia (Tiber.) in Englische Studien (1886) 9 296 Æfter þyson ys to ganne to þam oðran æftersange.., singende ænne antiphonam to þæs halgan reliquię oððe to þam portice, þe he byþ to gehalgod.

OE List of Relics, Exeter in M. Förster Zur Geschichte des Reliquienkultus in Altengland (1943) 78 Eac her beoð reliquię of manegum halgum fæmnum.

a1200 ( Durham (Cambr.) 19 in E. V. K. Dobbie Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems (1942) 27 Eardiæð æt ðem eadige in in ðem minstre unarimeda reliquia, ðe[r] monia wundrum gewurðað.

1863 Notes & Queries 10 Oct. 289/2 Is anything known of the present existence or whereabouts of these reliquiæ [of the patriarch Seth]?

1949 W. C. McDermott Gregory of Tours 76 The reliquiae of St. Gregory were later transferred to the basilica of St. Benignus the martyr which was outside the walls of Dijon.

1999 E. Schömbucher & C. P. Zoller Ways of Dying: Death & its Meanings in South Asia 199 Clinical amputations and dissections of the saint's body in order to provide holy reliquiae for the devotees of St. Francis in various parts of Asia.

a. A remaining person or thing; remains; (in later use) esp. fossil remains of animals or plants. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > variety or species > [noun] > remains of early plants

reliquiae1582

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remains

reliquiesOE

rest?a1475

offals1538

reliquiae1582

relicts1598

afterlings1613

stoundings1650

extantsa1658

1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Reliquiæ, that whiche is lefte.]

1582 Bible (Rheims) 380 But the Iewes..missed of mercy, and became reprobate, excepting a few Reliquiae that God of his goodnes had reserued to himself.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vii. 114 A sort of these Theeves are now redivivous, (the Reliquiæ I believe of Knight-Errantry) who goe by the name of Spirits.

1736 W. Douglass Pract. Hist. New Epidemical Eruptive Miliary Fever 10 Where the defecation has not been compleat, from want of natural strength, or from catching cold, or from undue evacuations: the reliquiae were thrown off by Urtications, by Vesications in several parts of the Body, [etc.].

1768 A. Catcott Treat. Deluge (ed. 2) iii. 407 Neither do the fossil reliquiæ of plants and animals..yield in elegancy and exactness to medalic insignatures.

1840 Trans. Geol. Soc. 6 444 No distinction..can be observed, whereby the human can be separated from the other reliquiæ.

1867 R. I. Murchison Siluria (new ed.) xx. 485 We have in the Silurian strata fossil reliquiæ of such soft animals as Starfish.

1887 A. M. Brown Treat. Animal Alkaloids Introd. p. xv The ptomaines..are the vital reliquiæ or residue material..which may become the cause of disease.

1921 Classical Philol. 16 257 To be sure, there may have been reliquiae of this tribe in Caesar's day.

†b. Botany. The persistent remains of a leaf, remaining attached to the stem even while decaying. Cf. induviae n. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > withered remains

reliquiae1832

induviae1835

pining1853

1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 80 The withered remains of leaves, which, not being articulated with the stem, cannot fall off, but decay upon it, are called reliquiæ or induviæ (débris, French), and the part so covered is said to be induviatus.

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 131 The remains of a non-articulated leaf, as they decay upon the stem, are sometimes called reliquiæ or induviæ.

3. Literary remains; an author's unpublished or uncollected writings.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > the writings of an author > literary remains

remains1631

reliquiae1663

Nachlass1842

1663 J. Beale Let. 9 Nov. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 175 And in his reliquiaæ you may find some letters, wherof 2 or 3 were to my selfe, & more of the like I have in my possession.

1797 New Ann. Reg. 1796 Foreign Lit. 293/1 The volume.., like most of the reliquiæ of celebrated characters, contains a mixture of what is excellent, tolerable, and indifferent.

1839 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 204 The fortunate escapes of some of the ‘Reliquiæ’ of literature is a subject which would deserve a separate chapter from some future D'Israeli.

1884 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 5 389 An attempt to reconstruct the Euripidean drama Phaëthon from the reliquiae.

1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Nov. 746/2 These reliquiae of Lytton Strachey, collected from periodicals and other sources..belong to all times of his life as a writer.

1948 Mind 57 517 Armed with these reliquiae a scholar could approach the making of a commentary with fair confidence.

2004 L. Fisher Weighing Soul ii. 24 The reliquiae of Galileo's discoveries are lodged in the Italian History of Science Museum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reliquiae
释义	reliquiaen. Brit. /rᵻˈlɪkwɪiː/, U.S. /rəˈlɪkwiˌi/, /rəˈlɪkwiˌaɪ/ Forms: Old English reliquię, Old English–early Middle English reliquie, early Middle English reliquia (perhaps transmission error), 1500s– reliquiae. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin reliquiae. Etymology: < classical Latin reliquiae remnants, remains, remnants of food, scraps, dregs, remains or relics of a dead person, survivors, vestiges, traces, in post-classical Latin also sacred relics (4th or 5th cent. in Jerome; from 8th cent. (frequently from 11th cent.) in British sources) < reliquus (earlier relicuus ) remaining ( < re- re- prefix + liq- , stem of linquere to leave (see linquish v.), after relinquere relinquish v.) + -iae , plural of -ia -ia suffix¹. Compare reliquies n., relic n., relict n.The word apparently became obsolete in early Middle English and was reborrowed in the 16th cent. In Old English the semi-naturalized reliquias reliquies n. is more common. With plural agreement. 1. Relics of a saint, martyr, or other deceased holy person. Cf. relic n. 1a. rare. ΚΠ OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) lviii. 101 To þæs abbodes naman and þæra halgena, þe hyra reliquie [a1225 Winteney reliquie], þ[æt] is hyra ban, on þære stowe restað. OE Regularis Concordia (Tiber.) in Englische Studien (1886) 9 296 Æfter þyson ys to ganne to þam oðran æftersange.., singende ænne antiphonam to þæs halgan reliquię oððe to þam portice, þe he byþ to gehalgod. OE List of Relics, Exeter in M. Förster Zur Geschichte des Reliquienkultus in Altengland (1943) 78 Eac her beoð reliquię of manegum halgum fæmnum. a1200 ( Durham (Cambr.) 19 in E. V. K. Dobbie Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems (1942) 27 Eardiæð æt ðem eadige in in ðem minstre unarimeda reliquia, ðe[r] monia wundrum gewurðað. 1863 Notes & Queries 10 Oct. 289/2 Is anything known of the present existence or whereabouts of these reliquiæ [of the patriarch Seth]? 1949 W. C. McDermott Gregory of Tours 76 The reliquiae of St. Gregory were later transferred to the basilica of St. Benignus the martyr which was outside the walls of Dijon. 1999 E. Schömbucher & C. P. Zoller Ways of Dying: Death & its Meanings in South Asia 199 Clinical amputations and dissections of the saint's body in order to provide holy reliquiae for the devotees of St. Francis in various parts of Asia. 2. a. A remaining person or thing; remains; (in later use) esp. fossil remains of animals or plants. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > variety or species > [noun] > remains of early plants reliquiae1582 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remains reliquiesOE rest?a1475 offals1538 reliquiae1582 relicts1598 afterlings1613 stoundings1650 extantsa1658 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Reliquiæ, that whiche is lefte.] 1582 Bible (Rheims) 380 But the Iewes..missed of mercy, and became reprobate, excepting a few Reliquiae that God of his goodnes had reserued to himself. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vii. 114 A sort of these Theeves are now redivivous, (the Reliquiæ I believe of Knight-Errantry) who goe by the name of Spirits. 1736 W. Douglass Pract. Hist. New Epidemical Eruptive Miliary Fever 10 Where the defecation has not been compleat, from want of natural strength, or from catching cold, or from undue evacuations: the reliquiae were thrown off by Urtications, by Vesications in several parts of the Body, [etc.]. 1768 A. Catcott Treat. Deluge (ed. 2) iii. 407 Neither do the fossil reliquiæ of plants and animals..yield in elegancy and exactness to medalic insignatures. 1840 Trans. Geol. Soc. 6 444 No distinction..can be observed, whereby the human can be separated from the other reliquiæ. 1867 R. I. Murchison Siluria (new ed.) xx. 485 We have in the Silurian strata fossil reliquiæ of such soft animals as Starfish. 1887 A. M. Brown Treat. Animal Alkaloids Introd. p. xv The ptomaines..are the vital reliquiæ or residue material..which may become the cause of disease. 1921 Classical Philol. 16 257 To be sure, there may have been reliquiae of this tribe in Caesar's day. †b. Botany. The persistent remains of a leaf, remaining attached to the stem even while decaying. Cf. induviae n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > withered remains reliquiae1832 induviae1835 pining1853 1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 80 The withered remains of leaves, which, not being articulated with the stem, cannot fall off, but decay upon it, are called reliquiæ or induviæ (débris, French), and the part so covered is said to be induviatus. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 131 The remains of a non-articulated leaf, as they decay upon the stem, are sometimes called reliquiæ or induviæ. 3. Literary remains; an author's unpublished or uncollected writings. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > the writings of an author > literary remains remains1631 reliquiae1663 Nachlass1842 1663 J. Beale Let. 9 Nov. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 175 And in his reliquiaæ you may find some letters, wherof 2 or 3 were to my selfe, & more of the like I have in my possession. 1797 New Ann. Reg. 1796 Foreign Lit. 293/1 The volume.., like most of the reliquiæ of celebrated characters, contains a mixture of what is excellent, tolerable, and indifferent. 1839 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 204 The fortunate escapes of some of the ‘Reliquiæ’ of literature is a subject which would deserve a separate chapter from some future D'Israeli. 1884 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 5 389 An attempt to reconstruct the Euripidean drama Phaëthon from the reliquiae. 1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Nov. 746/2 These reliquiae of Lytton Strachey, collected from periodicals and other sources..belong to all times of his life as a writer. 1948 Mind 57 517 Armed with these reliquiae a scholar could approach the making of a commentary with fair confidence. 2004 L. Fisher Weighing Soul ii. 24 The reliquiae of Galileo's discoveries are lodged in the Italian History of Science Museum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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