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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RELIQUIAE

Re *liq "ui *æ (r-lk "w- ), n.pl. Etym: [L. See Relic. ]

 

1. Remains of the dead; organic remains; relics.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Same as Induviæ.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reliquiae

re liq ui ae |rəˈlikwēˌī, -wēˌē rəˈlɪkwiˌi | ▶plural noun remains. • Geology fossil remains of animals or plants. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: Latin, feminine plural (used as a noun ) of reliquus ‘remaining, ’ based on linquere ‘to leave. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

reliquiae

reliquiae |rɪˈlɪkwɪiː | ▶plural noun formal remains. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: Latin, feminine plural (used as a noun ) of reliquus ‘remaining ’, based on linquere ‘to leave ’.