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   Relic , n. [F. relique, from L. reliquiae, pl., akin to relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.] [Formerly written also relique.]
    That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.
   Chaucer. Wyclif.
   
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   The relics of lost innocence.
   Kebe.
   
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   The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy relics.
   Shak.
   
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   The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; -- usually in the plural when referring to the whole body.
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   There are very few treasuries of relics in Italy that have not a tooth or a bone of this saint.
   Addison.
   
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   Thy relics, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust,
   And sacred place by Dryden's awful dust.
   Pope.
   
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   Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships.
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   The pearls were spilt;
   Some lost, some stolen, some as relics kept.
   Tennyson.
   
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