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relic 1. RC Church Eastern Church part of the body of a saint or something supposedly used by or associated with a saint, venerated as holy 2. Ecology a less common term for relict (sense 1) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Have they been used in the removal of the relic from downstairs? He maintained, with peculiar satisfaction, it seemed, that maiden modesty is a mere relic of barbarism, and that nothing could be more natural than for a man still youngish to handle a young girl naked. My own idea, on first catching sight of the object, was that it was a Roman relic of some sort, - relic of WHAT I do not know, possibly of a coffin. |
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