relic

Etymology
From et al., from, from , from , from  +.

Noun

 * 1) That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
 * 2) * 1797,, The Italian, London: T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, Volume 2, Chapter 6, p. 184,
 * It appeared, from the ruins scattered distantly along its skirts, to be a part of the city entirely abandoned by the modern inhabitants to the reliques of its former grandeur.
 * 1) Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.
 * 2)  A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
 * 3)  A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.
 * 1) Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.
 * 2)  A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
 * 3)  A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.
 * 1)  A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
 * 2)  A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.
 * 1)  A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
 * 2)  A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.
 * 1)  A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.
 * 1)  A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.
 * 1)  A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.
 * 1)  A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.
 * 1)  A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.

Usage notes
By comparison with synonyms, relic emphasizes age, and to some degree value – a “relic of a lost civilization”.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bashkir: ҡомартҡы
 * Bulgarian: останка
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: pozůstatek, relikt
 * Finnish: jäännökset
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀπομεινάριον
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Macedonian: о́станка
 * Middle English: relik
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: levning
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: reliquia,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:


 * Bashkir: ҡомартҡы
 * Bulgarian: сувенир
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: přežitek
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐνθύμιον
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: рели́квија, рели́кт, сувени́р
 * Maori: o(w)ha
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Tagalog: relikaryo
 * Walloon:


 * Arabic: ذَخِيرَة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: мо́шчы
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 聖髑
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: κειμήλιον, λείψανον
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: helgur dómur
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: taise
 * Old Irish: cathach
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 聖遺物
 * Korean: 성유물(聖遺物)
 * Macedonian: мо́шти, рели́квија
 * Middle English: relik
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: relikvie
 * Nynorsk: relikvie
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: мощи
 * Old Portuguese: relica
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мо̏шти, релѝквија
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: relikvia
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: reliquia
 * Tagalog:, relikaryo
 * Ukrainian: мо́щі
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: crair

Verb

 * 1)  To cause (an object) to appear old or worn, to distress.

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to the Big Bang.