a crude stone ax and other relics of the Neanderthals
in my grandparents' attic are many “groovy” relics from the 1960s
Recent Examples on the WebSuch hyper-representational politics feel dated at this point, a relic from perhaps even before the summer of 2020.—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024 An important bronze bust of her head was taken by the British in 1897 and still remains in the British Museum among other key Benin Bronzes, though the Nigerian government has motioned for the return of those cultural relics confiscated in colonial pillaging.—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024 In Rome, David, Ben and Kristen, the relic and some Italian priests are loaded into a car and driven to Vatican City.—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 June 2024 Those images, now at the Greensboro History Museum in North Carolina, surfaced in 1956, when descendants of Madison’s favorite niece found a trove of relics in a trunk hidden inside a wall.—Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 11 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for relic
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English relik, from Anglo-French relike, from Medieval Latin reliquia, from Late Latin reliquiae, plural, remains of a martyr, from Latin, remains, from relinquere to leave behind — more at relinquish
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