relique

English

Noun

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

“relique” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

French

Etymology

From Latin reliquiae (“relics”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁə.lik/

Noun

relique f (plural reliques)

relic (religious)
remnant

Further reading

“relique” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

relike

Noun

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

relic (religious)

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