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relical

relical adjective: of or relating to a relic.

Adjective

relical (comparative more relical, superlative most relical)

  1. Of or relating to a relic.
    • In light of industrial music's attitudes toward tradition, hierarchy, and the body, Stockhausen's opinions seem positively relical when he continues, "Music is the product of the highest human intelligence, and […] as soon as it becomes just a means for ambiance, as we say, environment, or for...2013, S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, page 47

Forms of relical

comparativemore relical
superlativemost relical

Origin of relical

From relic + -al.

Questions about relical

What does relical mean?
Relical means of or relating to a relic.
What part of speech is relical?
Relical is an adjective.

Words near relical in the dictionary

  1. reliberating
  2. relic
  3. Relic Sunday
  4. relic-monger
  5. relic-mongers
  6. relical
  7. relicaries
  8. relicary
  9. reliced
  10. relicense
  11. relicensed

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