relique
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Las Casas went to the oratory to perform mass, but found the altar stripped of its precious relique.
From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Walsh, Robert
In Germany the petty bourgeois class, a relique of the 16th century and since then constantly cropping up again under various forms, is the real social basis of the existing state of things.
From Manifesto of the Communist Party by Marx, Karl
He was at length rescued, but lost his sword; which Froissart afterwards saw preserved, as a relique, in the monastery of Honycourt.—Vol.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir
Cette Bouche-de-V�rit� est une curieuse relique du moyen �ge.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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)
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