RELIC


Meaning of RELIC in English

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.

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