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A fragment that outlived its purpose and got promoted to sacred by sheer stubbornness.
means An object surviving from an earlier time, valued as a memento of the past or venerated as a holy remnant.
from From Latin reliquiae, 'remains, remnants,' from relinquere 'to leave behind' (re- 'back' + linquere 'to leave,' a cousin of Greek leipein and English 'loan'). It entered English through Old French relique, where it first clung to the bones and belongings of saints — literally the things left behind by the dead, then anything left behind by time.
- medieval market
- Saints' bones sold for cathedral-funding fortunes
- too many
- Enough True Cross splinters to build a ship
- living relic
- Coelacanth fish thought extinct for 65 million years
- word root
- From Latin reliquiae, meaning leftovers
- radio relic
- Cosmic shockwaves haunting dead galaxy clusters
shroud of turin — linen cloth allegedly jesus's burial wrap, housed in turin cathedral since 1578, radiocarbon dated to 1260-1390
true cross — wood fragments claimed to be from jesus's crucifixion cross, venerated since 4th century, pieces in churches worldwide
buddha's tooth — canine tooth enshrined in temple of the tooth, kandy, sri lanka since 4th century, most sacred buddhist relic
arm of st george — preserved limb of the christian saint housed in the monastery of st. george, greece, venerated since medieval times