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"RELICS" is a plural of: relic. |
Date "RELICS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
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Literature | Relics A writer in the Twentieth Century (1892, article ROME) says: "Some of the most astounding relics are officially shown in Rome, and publicly adored by the highest dignitaries of the Christian Church, with all the magnificence of ecclesiastical pomp and ritual." The following are mentioned:- A BOTTLE OF THE VIRGIN'S MILK. THE CRADLE AND SWADDLING CLOTHES of the infant Jesus. THE CROSS OF THE PENITENT THIEF. THE CROWN OF THORNS. THEFINGEROF THOMAS, with which he touched the wound in the side of Jesus. HAIROFTHE VIRGIN MARY. THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ST. VERON'ICA, on which the face of Jesus was miraculously pictured. HAY OF THE MANGER in which the infant Jesus was laid. HEADS OF PETER, PAUL, AND MATTHEW. THE INSCRIPTION set over the cross by the order of Pilate. NAILS used at the crucifixion. PIECE OF THE CHEMISE of the Virgin Mary. THE SILVER MONEY given to Judas by the Jewish priests, which he flung into the Temple, and was expended in buying the potters' field as a cemetery for strangers. THE TABLE on which the soldiers cast lots for the coat of Jesus. Brady mentions many others, some of which are actually impossibilities, as, for example, a rib of the Verbum caro factum, a vial of the sweat of St. Michael when he contended with Satan, some of the rays of the star which guided the wise men. (See Clavis Calendara, p. 240.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word relic comes from the Latin reliquiae ('remains') and there are many pre-Christian instances of some bone or other part of the corpse, or some intimately associated object, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial. The preservation of relics is a primitive instinct, and it is associated with shamanism as well as many other developed religious systems besides that of Christianity. Relics are an important aspect of Buddhism and Hinduism. In some denominations of Christianity, a relic is an object of religious veneration, especially a piece of the body or a personal item of a saint. A shrine that houses a relic is called a reliquary.
Christian relics
History of Christian relics
Many tales of miracles and other marvels were attributed to relics beginning in the early centuries of the church; many of these became especially popular during the Middle Ages. These tales are collected in books of hagiography such as the Golden Legend or the works of Caesar of Heisterbach. These miracle tales made relics much sought after during the Middle Ages.
Pieces of the True Cross were one of the most highly sought after such relics; many churches claimed to possess a piece of it, so many that Erasmus famously remarked that there were enough pieces of the True Cross to build a ship from. The Shroud of Turin is another relic whose authenticity is questionable. The abbey church of Coulombs in France, among several others, claims to possess the relic of Jesus Christ's circumcision - the Holy Prepuce.
Roman Catholic classification and prohibitions
; First-Class Relics : Actual part of a saint (a bone, a hair, a limb, etc.)
; Second-Class Relics : An item that the saint wore (a sock, a shirt, a glove, etc.)
; Third-Class Relics : The Third-Class Relics above fall into two categories. The first category is a piece of cloth touched to the body of a saint. The second category is a piece of cloth brought to the shrine (or site of the vision) of the saint.
It is prohibited by the Catholic Church to sell First- and Second-Class Relics. When the church prohibits the selling of "sacred relics" it is referring to First- and Second-class relics. It is not referring to Third-class relics. It is not prohibited by the church to sell Third-Class Relics.
Non-Christian relics
At Athens the supposed remains of Oedipus and Theseus enjoyed an honor that is very difficult to distinguish from a religious cult, while Plutarch gives accounts of the translation of the bodies of Demetrius (Demetrius iii) and Phocion (Phocion xxxvii) which in many details anticipate Christian practice. The bones or ashes of Aesculapius at Epidaurus, of Perdiccas I at Macedon, and even, according to if we may trust the statement the Chronicon Paschale (Dindorf, p. 67), of the Persian Zoroaster were treated with the deepest veneration.
Cultural relics
Relic is also the term for something that has survived the passage of time, especially an object or custom whose original culture has disappeared, but also an object cherished for historical or memorial value (such as a keepsake or heirloom).
Fantasy RPG
In role-playing games, a relic is a magicalal object with marvelous and alarming power, originating from a deity as opposed to manmade origins. (Compare to Artifact.)
See also
- Amulet
- Magic and religion
- Pilgrim. Pilgrimage
- Relic (novel)
- Talisman
- Trophy
- Veneration of the dead
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Relics can be:
- the pluralized form of Relic meaning artifact
- Relics is also the title of a compilation of rare and previously unreleased recordings by Pink Floyd
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Relics is a compilation album released by Pink Floyd in 1971.It includes the two Syd Barrett era hit singles, not previously available on a Pink Floyd album, plus a previoulsy- unreleased, studio recording of a Roger Waters composition, "Biding my Time", which had otherwise only been heard by live audiences.
Track listing
- Arnold Layne
- See Emily Play
- Remember a Day
- Paint Box
- Julia Dream
- Cirrus Minor
- The Nile Song
- Biding my Time
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Relics (album)."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Corpse | Noun: corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones; defunct, relics, reliquiae, remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay; mummy; carrion; food for worms, food for fishes; tenement of clay this mortal coil. |
Idolatry | Verb: worship idols, worship pictures, worship relics; deify, canonize. |
Rite | Relics, rosary, beads, reliquary, host, cross, rood, crucifix, pax, pyx, agnus Dei, censer, thurible, patera; eileton, Holy Grail; prayer machine, prayer wheel; Sangraal, urceus. |
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Crosswords: RELICS |
| English words defined with "RELICS": Dagoba ♦ Fenes-tella, Feretory ♦ Kitchen middens ♦ Lake dwellers, Leavings ♦ Mystagogue ♦ Questionary ♦ Relicly, reliquary, Reliquiae, Reliquian. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "RELICS": Cat's Paw, Compostella ♦ erosion surface ♦ Macreons, Mistletoe Bough ♦ Saxon Relics. (references) |
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Screenplays | All your life has been spent in pursuit of archeological relics. Inside the Ark are treasures beyond your wildest aspirations (Raiders of the Lost Ark; writing credit: George Lucas; Philip Kaufman) You should see this place: antiques, relics you'd feel right at home here (Batman Beyond; writing credit: Hilary Bader; Stan Berkowitz) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Urban Relics (1998) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Relics of slavery days. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Indian relics. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Relics in museum, U.S. Naval Academy. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Museum of Indian arrowheads and relics. Big Falls, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dr. Springs with Indian relics. Colp, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Heads, mummies and Indian relics. The heads and mummies were made by Homer Tate and the mummies were so realistic that curators of museums must examine them closely to determine their artificiality. Indian relics are geunuine. Safford, Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Remains of former icing wharf, one of the few relics of what was a large-scale fishing industry in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Museum containing relics of the first Swedish settlers at New Sweden, Maine. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Relics 3" by Erika Thorpe Commentary: "Typewriter? what's that?." |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A few yellow leaves, relics of the last autumn, chased one another joyously, and seemed to be playing the (r)gamin |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | A written word is the choicest of relics. |
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Civil Liberties | Korea | Most of the temples are regarded as cultural relics, but in some of them religious activity is permitted. (references) |
Economic History | Afghanistan | In 2001, as part of a drive against relics of Afghanistan's pre-Islamic past, the Taliban destroyed two large statues of the Buddha outside of the city of Bamiyan and announced destruction of all pre-Islamic statues in Afghanistan, including the remaining holdings of the Kabul Museum. (references) |
Trade | Peru | Export licenses are required for cultural relics and antiques. (references) |
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| "RELICS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "RELICS" is used about 397 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 397 | 14,057 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "RELICS": historic relics. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "RELICS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mbeturina (chaff, char, cheese-parings, garbage, kitchen stuff, leavings, litter, odds and ends, pickings, recrement, refuse, Reliquiae, remains, rubbish, shorts, spoilage, stamping, survival, tailings, waste, wrack), gërmadha. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | реликви (reliquiae), тленни останки (dust, reliquiae), мощи (holy remains). (various references) | |
Chinese | 名勝 (a place famous for its scenery or historical relics, scenic spot). (various references) | |
Czech | pozùstatky (body, debris). (various references) | |
German | gebeine (bones, mortal remains). (various references) | |
Greek | υπόλειμμα (relic, relique, remnant, residue, residuum, residwe, scrap, trace, vestige), λείψανα (remains). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hamvak. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 遺跡 (historic ruins remains). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elicsray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ruínas (debris, rubbish, rubble, ruins, wreckage). (various references) | |
Romanian | relicve, moaşte (relic, shrine). (various references) | |
Russian | останки (remain), мощи. (various references) | |
Scottish | tàisealan , taisealan (saints' relics). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mošti. (various references) | |
Spanish | reliquias históricas (historic relics). (various references) | |
Turkish | kalıntılar (antiquity, remains, ruins), harabeler (ruins), eski eserler. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | exsequiae. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | haligdom. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"RELICS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: breslich, Krilich, lerics, Ralik, realices, reiks, relias, relick, relicks, relisys, relix, rellic, relus, Relypck, retic, Rheticus, rolic, rylic, rylics. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "RELICS" (pronounced re"liks) |
| 4 | -l i k s | acrylics, alcoholics, Calix, calyx, catholics, helix, hydraulics, italics, publics, republics, workaholics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acoustics, acrobatics, aerobatics, aerobics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, aesthetics, affix, analgesics, analytics, anesthetics, anorexics, antibiotics, antics, apparatchiks, appendix, asthmatics, astronautics, astrophysics, athletics, atmospherics, attics, automatics, avionics, ballistics, basics, batiks, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, ceramics, cervix, characteristics, charismatics, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, cynics, demographics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, exotics, fabrics, fanatics, forensics, generics, genetics, geometrics, geopolitics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, gymnastics, harmonics, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hypnotics, hysterics, informatics, ionics, kibbutzniks, kinetics, limericks, linguistics, logistics, lyrics, macroeconomics, Magnetics, mathematics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, mystics, narcotics, Nucleonics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, onyx, optics, orthodontics, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonetics, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, plastics, polemics, prefix, prosthetics, psychics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, reprographics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, statistics, stoics, suffix, synthetics, systematics, tactics, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, therapeutics, thermoplastics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: slicer. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-r-s" | |
-1 letter: ceils, cires, cries, liers, relic, rices, riels, riles, slice, slier. | |
-2 letters: ceil, cels, cire, cris, ices, ires, isle, leis, lice, lier, lies, lire, recs, reis, rice, riel, rile, rise, sice, sire. | |
-3 letters: cel, cis, els, ers, ice, ire, lei, lie, lis, rec, rei, res, sec, sei, sel, ser, sic, sir, sri. | |
-4 letters: el, er. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-l-r-s" | |
+1 letter: ceilers, circles, claries, clerics, clerids, clerisy, clivers, coilers, eclairs, lickers, recoils, relicts, scalier, slicers, slicker, splicer. | |
+2 letters: articles, auricles, brickles, bricoles, calibers, calibres, calipers, calories, carioles, carlines, cavilers, celeries, ceorlish, charlies, chervils, chillers, chiseler, circlers, circlets, claimers, classier, claviers, clergies, clerkish, clickers, climbers, clingers, clinkers, clippers, cloister, clumsier, coistrel, colliers, corbeils, costlier, creolise, cresylic, crimples, cringles, crinkles, cripples, curliest, decrials, filchers, flickers, fluerics, glaciers, graciles, incloser, lanciers, licenser, licensor, lucifers, lyricise, miracles, preslice, prickles, radicels, radicles, recitals, reclaims, reclines, replicas, resplice, reticles, schiller, schliere, sclereid, sclerite, scleroid, scribble, scurrile, sickerly, sicklier, silencer, slickers, spiracle, splicers, sterical, stickler, strickle, surplice, ticklers, tiercels, trickles, triscele, utricles, versicle, visceral. | |
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