relicnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈrel.ɪk/us/ˈrel.ɪk/an object, tradition, or system from the past that continues to exist:
During the dig, the archaeological team found some relics from the Stone Age.
The country's employment system is a relic of the 1960s when jobs were scarce.
a part of the body or something that belonged to a holy person:
These bones are the relics of a 12th-century saint.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Things remaining
- (and) all the rest idiom
- balance
- bastion
- cutpiece
- deposit
- dregs
- for the rest idiom
- ground
- remainder
- remains
- remnant
- residual
- residue
- rest
- ruin
- rump
- throwback
- time capsule
- vestige
- wreckage
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