relique

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English

Noun

relique (plural reliques)

  1. Obsolete form of relic.
    • 1632, John Milton, On Shakespear. 1630:
      What needs my Shakespear for his honour'd Bones,
      The labour of an age in piled Stones,
      Or that his hallow'd reliques should be hid
      Under a Star-ypointing Pyramid?

References

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (“relics”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.lik/
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Noun

relique f (plural reliques)

  1. relic (religious)
  2. remnant

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

relique

  1. Alternative form of relik

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin rēliquiae.

Noun

relique oblique singular, f (oblique plural reliques, nominative singular relique, nominative plural reliques)

  1. relic (ancient religious object, kept for veneration)

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