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# relic

«relic» in Mova's school dictionary: **linked to a famous person or a past time** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural relics)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An old object kept because it is linked to a famous person or a past time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relic/#m1)

2) (old use) A holy object kept in a church or temple and treated as sacred. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a precious thing from long ago that is kept safe and honoured: «sacred relics in the Palace»

### examples

- This old coin is a relic of Roman times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relic/#x1)
- The knights carried the relic into the church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relic/#x2)
- We kept the old sword as a relic of our grandfather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relic/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «relic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.