LekhoriLekhoriSomething old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.
A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
Why ſhould onely I, Of all the other Princes of the World, Be caſ’d-vp, like a holy Relique?
To cause (an object) to appear old or worn, to distress.
Age has become a fetish in the world of guitars where large amounts of money are paid for a specially “reliced” guitar. As one company, Relic Guitars, which offers this service claims, “The idea behind relicing a guitar is to artificially replicate the natural wear that occurs over many years […]”
Pertaining to the Big Bang.
A more realistic model must include the presence of perturbations whose extra energy can produce distortions of the relic radiation spectrum.
From Middle English relik et al., from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“I leave behind, abandon, relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“I leave, quit, forsake, ...
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