relique

[ rel-ik; French ruh-leek ]

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noun

, Archaic.

, plural rel·iques [rel, -iks, r, uh, -, leek].

relique

/ rəˈliːk; ˈrɛlɪk /

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It may be possible to trace out this ancient relique to its present repository, if it be still in existence.

On the other side, he had given to me simply the reliques of his breakfast-table, which itself was hardly more than a relique.

She touches a spring, and there falls beside your relique—another, that had once belonged to it.

A similar relique has been also discovered in other sepulchres of the same sanctuary.

La tribune de la Chambre pourtant est une relique; elle servit aux Cinq Cents.

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