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How to pronounce relic in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms keepsake, souvenir, token
Type of physical object, object
Has types favour, party favour, favor, party favor, love-token
Type Words
Type of antiquity
Has types archeological remains, remains

Examples of relic

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It was a cellular relic, and she wanted a model with all the multimedia goodies.
From the businessweek.com
Henceforth, the saint told her everything she touch would become a sacred relic.
From the time.com
The Grand Marquis is the last of its kind, a relic of a past not that long past.
From the post-gazette.com
Boxing, by today's standards, has become a socially unacceptable athletic relic.
From the newsobserver.com
Mr. Obama can claim, hey, this was a Bush relic, and next year it will be clean.
From the washingtontimes.com
It seems a much more efficient use rather than recovering a relic from the past.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The world is a more secular place and theocratic states are a relic of the past.
From the economist.com
Throughout, Bloc Party sound like a relic from an unmissed era in British music.
From the metro.co.uk
Impressive though it seems, this amazing craft is actually something of a relic.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • An antiquity that has survived from the distant past
  • Keepsake: something of sentimental value
  • A relic is an object or a personal item of religious significance, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial. Relics are an important aspect of some forms of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Shamanism, and many other religions.
  • Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second video game title in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically-acclaimed ''''. ...
  • Relic is a 1995 novel by Douglas J. Preston and Lincoln Child. It received critical praise, and was a New York Times Bestseller. ...
  • The Relic is a 1997 science fiction/horror film directed by Peter Hyams and based on the best-selling novel Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The film stars Tom Sizemore, Penelope Ann Miller, and Linda Hunt. The original music score was composed by John Debney. ...
  • (Relics (album)) Relics is a compilation album by Pink Floyd released in 1971. The album was released on 14 May in the UK and 15 July in the United States. ...
  • (Relics (Crash Bandicoot)) Crash Bandicoot is a series of platform video games developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision. Initially created by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin, the series was developed for its first four years by the video game company Naughty Dog. ...
  • That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; Something old kept for sentimental reasons; A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration