Relict

Definitions

1. Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
   archaic, formal
2. The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower.
   archaic, formal
3. A species, organism, or ecosystem that has survived from a previous age: one that was once widespread but is now found only in a few areas.
   formal
4. A structure or other feature that has survived from a previous age.
   formal
5. A survival of an archaic word, language or other form.
   formal

Equivalents

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Ελληνικάχήρα

Suomijäännerelikti

Examples

“Upon which the Chancellor, by way of note⟳ said, 'it is suggested, that there is a relict of the deceased, married to another man, who has joined her in a power of attorney to authorize the sale of her interest⟳, […]'”

“But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer⟳ an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide⟳ my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future.”

“[…] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have⟳ survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent⟳ relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]”

“The species may be a relict of former stages of historical vegetation and landscape development resulting from past climate changes (glacial and post⟳- glacial periods).”

“Dark rims around the pillows are caused by glaucophane enrichment, possibly a relict of a primary interaction between basalt and seawater, causing Na- enrichment in the original glass crust of the pillows.”

“A small number⟳ of linguists believe⟳ that Cimbrian is not an Austro-Bavarian dialect but a relict of Lombardic.”

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