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English
Noun
relique (plural reliques)
- 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
Noun
relique f (plural reliques)
- (religion) relic
- remnant
Further reading
Middle English
Noun
relique
- Alternative form of relik
Old French
Etymology
From Latin rēliquiae.
Noun
relique oblique singular, f (oblique plural reliques, nominative singular relique, nominative plural reliques)
- relic (ancient religious object, kept for veneration)
Descendants