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reliquial

reliquial is the alternative form of relict.

Meaning of relict

Adjective

relict (not comparable)

  1. Surviving, remaining.
  2. That is a relict; pertaining to a relict.
    • In the lakes and in the streams were species of fish not known elsewhere on earth and birds and lizards and other forms of life as well all long relict here for the desert stretched away on every side.1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, page 97

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Questions about reliquial

What is reliquial the alternative form of?
Reliquial is the alternative form of relict.

Words near reliquial in the dictionary

  1. reliquefies
  2. reliquefy
  3. reliquefying
  4. reliques
  5. reliquiae
  6. reliquial
  7. reliquian
  8. reliquidate
  9. reliquidated
  10. reliquidates
  11. reliquidating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reliquial (page history and authors); relict (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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