Meaning Of The Word Relic

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What's The Definition Of Relic?

relic
countable noun: A relic is something which was made or used a long time ago and which is kept for its historical significance.
countable noun: If you refer to something or someone as a relic of an earlier period, you mean that they belonged to that period but have survived into the present.

relic in American English
an object, custom, etc. that has survived, wholly or partially, from the past
noun: a surviving memorial of something past

relic in British English
noun: something that has survived from the past, such as an object or custom

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