Dictionary  rel•icPronunciation: (rel'ik), [key] —n. 1. a surviving memorial of something past. 2. an object having interest by reason of its age or its association with the past: a museum of historic relics. 3. a surviving trace of something: a custom that is a relic of paganism. 4. relics, a. remaining parts or fragments. b. the remains of a deceased person. 5. something kept in remembrance; souvenir; memento. 6. Eccles.(esp. in the Roman Catholic and Greek churches) the body, a part of the body, or some personal memorial of a saint, martyr, or other sacred person, preserved as worthy of veneration. 7. a once widespread linguistic form that survives in a limited area but is otherwise obsolete. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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