relict

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But, unluckily for Beorminster, he was dead and his relict was a mourning widow, who constantly referred to her victim as a perfect husband.

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  1. noun Ecology An organism or species of an earlier time surviving in an environment that has undergone considerable change.
  2. noun Something that has survived; a remnant.
  3. noun A widow.
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  • It seemed a post atomic relict, or a post Olympic relict. —  Chinalyst - China blogs in English
  • Homo erectus, relict, in terms of surviving, and evolved, not "primitive." —  Progressive Bloggers
  • By mee John Florio being, thankes bee ever given to my most gracious God, in perfect sence and memory Proved 1 June 1626 by Rose Florio the relict, the executors named in the Will for certain reasons renouncing execution NOTE Florio was eighty years of age at his death in 1625. —  Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592
  • But, unluckily for Beorminster, he was dead and his relict was a mourning widow, who constantly referred to her victim as a perfect husband. —  The Bishop's Secret
  • Less work implies more leisure, and with leisure comes time for culture Another step towards the immediate solution of our problem is, to establish the fact that woman stands on a level with man, and is neither an appendage nor a "relict." —  A Domestic Problem : Work and Culture in the Household
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  1. From Middle English relicte, left undisturbed, from Latin relictus, past participle of relinquere, to leave behind; see relinquish. Sense 3, Middle English relicte, from Medieval Latin relicta, from feminine past participle of Latin relinquere.

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  1. from Old French relict, masculine, relicte, feminine, a person or thing left behind, especially relicte, feminine, a widow, from Latin relictus, feminine relicta, neuter relictum, left behind, past participle of relinquere, leave behind: see relic, relinquish.
  2. from Latin relictus, past participle of relinquere, leave: see relinquish.
 

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