English Dictionary

relic

/ˈɹɛlɪk/

noun

That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion. / Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.

The ancient relic was discovered in the hidden chamber.

意味（1）

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

[…] let him not ask our pardon;

The nature of his great offence is dead,

And deeper than oblivion we do bury

[…] let him not ask our pardon; The nature of his great offence is dead, And deeper than oblivion we do bury The incensing relics of it […]

意味（2）

Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.

[…] the imperfect light entering by their narrow casements showed bedsteads of a hundred years old; chests in oak or walnut, looking, with their strange carvings of palm branches and cherubs’ heads, like types of the Hebrew ark; rows of venerable chairs, high-backed and narrow; stools still more antiquated, on whose cushioned tops were yet apparent traces of half-effaced embroideries, wrought by fingers that for two generations had been coffin-dust. All these relics gave to the third storey of Thornfield Hall the aspect of a home of the past: a shrine of memory.

意味（3）

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

Why ſhould onely I,

Of all the other Princes of the World,

Why ſhould onely I, Of all the other Princes of the World, Be caſ’d-vp, like a holy Relique?