relique
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
relique (plural reliques)
- Obsolete form of relic.
- 1632, John Milton, On Shakespear. 1630:
- What needs my Shakespear for his honour'd Bones,
The labour of an age in piled Stones,
Or that his hallow'd reliques should be hid
Under a Star-ypointing Pyramid?
References[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “relique”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (“relics”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
relique f (plural reliques)
Further reading[edit]
- “relique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
relique
- Alternative form of relik
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
relique oblique singular, f (oblique plural reliques, nominative singular relique, nominative plural reliques)
- relic (ancient religious object, kept for veneration)
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