B2nounhistoryarts
US/ˈrel.ɪk/
UK/ˈrel.ɪk/
an old object or custom that survives from the past and shows how people once lived or believed
In context
The museum displays relics from an ancient Roman temple.
Her old typewriter is a relic of another age.
The church holds a relic said to be a saint's bone.
Words that go with relic
adjective + noun
- ancient relicDivers found an ancient relic on the seabed.
- religious relicPilgrims came to see the religious relic.
- historical relicThe old wall is a historical relic.
noun + preposition
- relic of the pastThe factory is a relic of the past.
- relic fromThis coin is a relic from the 1800s.
noun + noun
- Cold War relicThe bunker is a Cold War relic.
verb + noun
- preserve a relicMonks preserved the relic for centuries.