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relict

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun relict has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

relictn. [L. relicta, fr. of relictus, p. p. of relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.].
     A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.  [1913 Webster]
    "Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

relict, n.
1 a a geological or other object surviving in its primitive form. b an animal or plant known to have existed in the same form in previous geological ages.
2 (foll. by of) archaic a widow.

Etymology
L relinquere relict- leave behind (as RE-, linquere leave): sense 2 f. OF relicte f. L relicta

ROGET THESAURUS

relict

Divorce

N divorce, divorcement, separation, judicial separation, separate maintenance, separatio a mensa et thoro, separatio a vinculo matrimonii, trial separation, breakup, annulment, widowhood, viduity, weeds, widow, widower, relict, dowager, divorcee, cuckold, grass widow, grass widower, merry widow.

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