relic

an old object, especially one that is connected with a famous person or event from the past and that people want to look at because it is interesting or important

reliquia, antigüedad

• a relic of something

Collocations relic of the past · historic relic

• The museum has a large collection of relics from ancient Rome.

  El museo tiene una gran colección de reliquias del antiguo Roma.

a holy object that is kept in a church or other religious building and believed to have special powers because it was used by a saint or belongs to one, for example pieces of bone or clothing

reliquia sagrada

• a religious relic

Collocations sacred relic · holy relic

• Pilgrims come from all over the world to see the relics in this church.

  Los peregrinos vienen de todo el mundo para ver las reliquias en esta iglesia.

a person or thing that has survived from an earlier time, especially one that is no longer common but still exists in a few places

survivencia, vestigio

• a relic of something

Collocations relic of the past · ancient relic

• The old castle is a relic from medieval times.

  El antiguo castillo es un vestigio de los tiempos medievales.