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Relic
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- 1 Pertaining to the Big Bang. not-comparable
"A more realistic model must include the presence of perturbations whose extra energy can produce distortions of the relic radiation spectrum."
- 1 That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
"[…] let him not ask our pardon; The nature of his great offence is dead, And deeper than oblivion we do bury The incensing relics of it […]"
- 2 something of sentimental value wordnet
- 3 Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.
"[…] the imperfect light entering by their narrow casements showed bedsteads of a hundred years old; chests in oak or walnut, looking, with their strange carvings of palm branches and cherubs’ heads, like types of the Hebrew ark; rows of venerable chairs, high-backed and narrow; stools still more antiquated, on whose cushioned tops were yet apparent traces of half-effaced embroideries, wrought by fingers that for two generations had been coffin-dust. All these relics gave to the third storey of Thornfield Hall the aspect of a home of the past: a shrine of memory."
- 4 an antiquity that has survived from the distant past wordnet
- 5 A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
"Why ſhould onely I, Of all the other Princes of the World, Be caſ’d-vp, like a holy Relique?"
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- 6 A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.
"One of the primary targets of current and especially future cosmological observations are light thermal relics of the hot big bang."
- 1 To cause (an object) to appear old or worn, to distress. often, transitive, uncommon
"Age has become a fetish in the world of guitars where large amounts of money are paid for a specially “reliced” guitar. As one company, Relic Guitars, which offers this service claims, “The idea behind relicing a guitar is to artificially replicate the natural wear that occurs over many years […]”"
Etymology
From Middle English relik et al., from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“I leave behind, abandon, relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“I leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relict, derelict, and relinquish.
From Middle English relik et al., from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“I leave behind, abandon, relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“I leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relict, derelict, and relinquish.
From Middle English relik et al., from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“I leave behind, abandon, relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“I leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relict, derelict, and relinquish.
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