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relique

[ rel-ik; French ruh-leek ]
/ ˈrɛl ɪk; French rəˈlik /
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noun, plural rel·iques [rel-iks; French ruh-leek]. /ˈrɛl ɪks; French rəˈlik/. Archaic.
an archaic variant of relic.
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Words nearby relique

religious order, Religious Right, Religious Society of Friends, relinquish, reliquary, relique, reliquiae, relish, relive, relleno, rellies
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relique
/ (rəˈliːk, ˈrɛlɪk) /
noun
an archaic spelling of relic
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