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单词 reliquies
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reliquiesn.

Brit. /ˈrɛlɪkwiːz/, U.S. /ˈrɛlɪkwiz/
Forms: Old English–early Middle English reliquias, late Middle English reliquiez, late Middle English reliquis, late Middle English reliqwiis, late Middle English– reliquies; Also Scottish pre-1700 relequies.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin reliquiae.
Etymology: < classical Latin reliquiae reliquiae n., originally (in Old English) as a semi-naturalized learned borrowing. Compare relic n., reliquiae n., relict n.
Now rare.
With plural agreement. Relics; remains. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
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
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) ii. 15 Þa on ðam easterdæge..se broðor hine gebæd æt þam halgum reliquium.
OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Hatton) (1900) i. x. 72 Þæs eadigan martires Sebastianes reliquias wæron þyder in geborene.
lOE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 303) in J. Bazire & J. E. Cross Eleven Old Eng. Rogationtide Homilies (1989) 62 Þas þry dagas..ær þa halgan reliquias eft into þam temple comon.
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 163 [Cauterie] correcteþ & amendeþ þe reliquiez, i. leuyngez [?c1425 Paris relikes; L. reliquias], of þe forseid euacuacionz.
c1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) ii. 237 Owr Ladys smokke & oþer holy reliqwiis..wer schewyd on Seynt Margaretys Day.
c1450 (?a1300) Stations of Rome (Calig.) l. 372 Reliquies [c1390 Vernon Rerikes, a1500 Lamb. Relykes] þer ben mony on, In worshyp of crist & of seynt Iohn.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. ii. 11 Sen that the reliquies and bonis in feir Of my divyne fadir we erdit heir.
1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 7 The Reliquies at Venys canne not be nowmbred.
1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. i. f. 41 The dregges and reliquies of yll, and vicious humours.
1604 W. Covell Modest & Reasonable Exam. Church of Eng. xiv. 199 Either Saints, or reliquies, haue a great part of that honor which is due vnto God onelie.
a1635 T. Randolph tr. Aristophanes Hey for Honesty, Down with Knavery (1651) iv. iii. 59/1 The reliquies of her martyr'd beauty.
1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies Pref. sig. A2 As to the Reliquies of Christ,..he judg'd the Worship of them a vain and foolish Thing.
1835 R. M. Martin Hist. Brit. Colonies (ed. 2) I. ii. 122 The sand probably being the reliquies of the ocean which is here retreating from the land.
1852 Brit. Jrnl. Homeopathy 10 601 It is advisable to prevent the formation of the disfiguring scabs which form the natural reliquies of the vesicles.
1980 Renaissance Q. 33 257 It inspired his passion for collecting reliquies.
2005 J. Scahill & M. Rogerson Middle Eng. Saints' Legends ii. 54 The deaths of its martyrs..are typically conscious, peaceful and calm; they are often closely integrated with references to burial-places and reliquies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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