relic

«relic» in Mova's school dictionary: linked to a famous person or a past time — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (plural relics)

meaning for a pupil

1) An old object kept because it is linked to a famous person or a past time. tree →

2) (old use) A holy object kept in a church or temple and treated as sacred. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a precious thing from long ago that is kept safe and honoured: «sacred relics in the Palace»

examples

• This old coin is a relic of Roman times. tree →
• The knights carried the relic into the church. tree →
• We kept the old sword as a relic of our grandfather. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «relic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.