noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ ancient
▪ last
▪
It was the last ~ of the old system.
▪ quaint
▪
He seemed to view her as a quaint ~ of the past.
▪ historic , historical
▪ precious , priceless
▪ holy , religious , sacred
VERB + RELIC
▪ discover , unearth
▪
The ~s were discovered in a lead box in the ruins of an abbey.
▪ preserve
RELIC + VERB
▪ survive
▪
This silver belt buckle is the only ~ of the battle that survives.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
Most of these guns are ~s from the Boer War.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of an age , a ~ of a time
▪
~s of a bygone age
▪
a ~ of the time when people hunted their own food
▪ a ~ of the past
▪
They believe that hunting is a ~ of the past and are calling for it to be banned.