1. (n.) That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.
2. (n.) The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; -- usually in the plural when referring to the whole body.
3. (n.) Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships.
Thesaurus Entries
Agnus Dei, Holy Grail, Host, Methuselah, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, account, ancient manuscript, annals, antediluvian, antique, antiquity, archaism, ark, artifact, asperger, asperges, aspergillum, back number, bambino, beadroll, beads, candle, catalog, cave painting, censer, chaplet, chronicle, ciborium, commemoration, conservative, correspondence, cross, crucifix, cruet, dad, documentation, dodo, elder, eolith, eucharistial, favor, fogy, fossil, fragment, fud, fuddy-duddy, granny, has-been, heirloom, history, holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler, icon, incensory, inventory, keepsake, letters, list, longhair, matriarch, matzo, memento, memento mori, memorabilia, memorial, memorials, memories, menorah, mezuzah, mezzolith, microlith, mid-Victorian, mikvah, monstrance, mossback, neolith, old believer, old crock, old dodo, old fogy, old liner, old man, old poop, old woman, old-timer, osculatory, ostensorium, paleolith, paschal candle, patriarch, pax, petrification, petrified forest, petrified wood, petroglyph, phylacteries, pipe roll, plateaulith, pop, pops, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, pyx, reactionary, record, recording, register, registry, regular old fogy, relics, reliquiae, remains, remembrance, remembrancer, reminder, remnant, roll, rolls, rood, rosary, roster, rota, ruin, ruins, sacramental, sacred relics, sacring bell, scrap, scroll, shadow, shard, shofar, souvenir, square, starets, sukkah, survival, tabernacle, table, tallith, thurible, token, token of remembrance, trace, traditionalist, trophy, urceole, veronica, vestige, vigil light, votive candle
