relique
Americannoun
plural
reliquesnoun
Example Sentences
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This fine Gothic tower, which is still a notable landmark, is the only relique of the Church of St. Jacques.
From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
Those photographs of Laurier in the Windsor Uniform, making him look like a refulgent relique of the court of Louis XIV. were no longer prized in the family album.
From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus
Baldi says that he has received from Sir Robert Douglas, and is sending to the King by p. 247his nephew—a Cambridge student—‘a strange relique out of this country.’
From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Lang, Andrew
The treasury contains a relique in the form of the veil of the Virgin, supposed to have been presented by Charlemagne to Princess Irene.
From The Cathedrals of Northern France by McManus, Blanche
I am not aware of any record in which mention of this relique occurs before the time of St. Margaret.
From Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850 by Various
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