(~s)
1.
If you refer to something or someone as a ~ of an earlier period, you mean that they belonged to that period but have survived into the present.
Germany’s asylum law is a ~ of an era in European history which has passed...
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2.
A ~ is something which was made or used a long time ago and which is kept for its historical significance.
...a museum of war ~s.
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