| 单词 | relic |
| 释义 | relic —reliclike, adj. /rel"ik/, n. 1. a surviving memorial of something past. 2. an object having interest by reason of its age or its association with the past: a museum of historic relics. 3. a surviving trace of something: a custom that is a relic of paganism. 4. relics, a. remaining parts or fragments. b. the remains of a deceased person. 5. something kept in remembrance; souvenir; memento. 6. Eccles. (esp. in the Roman Catholic and Greek churches) the body, a part of the body, or some personal memorial of a saint, martyr, or other sacred person, preserved as worthy of veneration. 7. a once widespread linguistic form that survives in a limited area but is otherwise obsolete. [1175-1225; ME < OF relique < L reliquiae (pl.) remains ( > OE reliquias), equiv. to reliqu(us) remaining + -iae pl. n. suffix] |
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