relique

English

Noun

relique (plural reliques)

1. 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

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “relique”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin reliquiae (“relics”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.lik/

Noun

relique f (plural reliques)

1. relic (religious)
2. remnant

Further reading

• “relique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• relike

Noun

relique oblique singular, f (oblique plural reliques, nominative singular relique, nominative plural reliques)

1. relic (religious)