Examples of “relic” in a Sentence

noun An object that has survived from an earlier time, often valued for its age or history.

• Farmers sometimes find a relic from an old settlement while plowing their fields.
• The museum displays relics from the Bronze Age.
• That old typewriter is a relic of my grandfather's newspaper days.

noun A part of the body of a saint, or another sacred object kept and honored for religious reasons.

• The church keeps a relic of the saint in a small golden box.
• Believers knelt quietly in front of the sacred relic during the ceremony.
• Pilgrims traveled for weeks to see the relic housed in the cathedral.