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Definition of Relique
1. n. See Relic.
Definition of Relique
1. Noun. (alternative form of relic) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Relique
1. relic [n -S] - See also: relic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Relique
Literary usage of Relique
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Jonson Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Ben Jonson from 1597-1700 by Jesse Franklin Bradley, Joseph Quincy Adams (1922)
"So, that we must in this your Labour finde Some Image and fair relique of his Minde.
[Prefixed to Richard Brome's A ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"Yan't seems to be properly the part. past. This seems to bo a relique of the
Cumbrian kingdom. ... relique ..."
3. Nugæ Antiquæ: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original Papers, in Prose by John Harington (1804)
"It is curious as a relique of court-craft, but it displays a ' darkness visible'
in the character of our politic knight, and proves that he was an early ..."
4. Nugæ Antiquæ: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original Papers, in Prose by John Harington (1804)
"It is curious as a relique of court-craft, but it displays a ' darkness visible'
in the character of our politic knight, and proves that he was an early ..."
5. London by Charles Knight (1843)
"In 1247, on St. Edward's Day, he set out with his nobles in splendid procession
towards St. Paul's, where he received the precious relique which had been ..."
6. Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy Land by Stephen Olin (1843)
"relique Hunters.—Desecration of the Tombs—Counterfeit Antiques.—Tact.—Visit to
Carnac by Moonlight. —Thebes and its Monuments.—Universal Desolation. ..."
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