Definition of "relic" in English

noun

1. That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.

   • 1797, Ann Radcliffe, The Italian, London: T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, Volume 2, Chapter 6, p. 184, It appeared, from […] the ruins scattered distantly along its skirts, to be a part of the city entirely abandoned by the modern inhabitants to the reliques of its former grandeur.

2. Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.

3. (religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.

4. (cosmology) A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.

verb

1. (transitive, uncommon, often of guitars) To cause (an object) to appear old or worn, to distress.

adjective

1. Pertaining to the Big Bang.