relic
noun
/ˈrelɪk/
1 ​relic (of/from something) an object, a tradition, a system, etc. that has survived from the past
The building stands as the last remaining relic of the town's cotton industry.
Videotapes may already seem like relics of a bygone era.
The pictures on the walls were relics from the days before her marriage.
Our transportation system is a relic of the past.
TOPICS History C2
Collocations
adjective
ancient
last
quaint
verb + relic
discover
unearth
preserve
relic + verb
survive
preposition
relic from
phrases
a relic of an age
a relic of a time
a relic of the past…
2 ​a part of the body or clothing of a holy person, or something that they owned, that is kept after their death and respected as a religious object
holy relics
TOPICS Religion and festivals C2
Word Origin
Middle English: from Old French relique (originally plural), from Latin reliquiae feminine plural (used as a noun) of reliquus ‘remaining’, based on linquere ‘to leave’.