REMNANT


Meaning of REMNANT in English

n. 1 a small remaining quantity. 2 a piece of cloth etc. left when the greater part has been used or sold. 3 (foll. by of) a surviving trace (a remnant of empire).

[ ME (earlier remenant) f. OF remenant f. remenoir REMAIN ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.