relique

[rel-ik; French ruh-leek]

noun, plural rel·iques [rel-iks; French ruh-leek] /ˈrɛl ɪks; French rəˈlik/. Archaic.

relic.

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Examples from the Web for relique

The416 money and the relique arrived in Italy and were intercepted by the partisans of Giuliano della Rovere.
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7)|John Addington Symonds
The Relique of St. Cuthbert afterwards became of great importance in military events.
The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8)|William Wordsworth
On the other side, he had given to me simply the reliques of his breakfast-table, which itself was hardly more than a relique.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845|Various
I do not of course desire to have anything more than the opportunity of examining the relique.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6|John Gibson Lockhart

She touches a spring, and there falls beside your relique—another, that had once belonged to it.
Dream Life|Donald G. Mitchell

British Dictionary definitions for relique

relique

noun

an archaic spelling of relic

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Word Origin and History for relique

relique

Frenchified spelling of relic (q.v.).