relic
Pronunciation: /ˈrɛlɪk/
noun
- an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical interest: a museum of railway relics
- a part of a deceased holy person’s body or belongings kept as an object of reverence: miracles wrought by the relics of St Stephen
- a person or thing that has survived from an earlier time but is now outmoded: the supermodel has become an embarrassing relic from the early 1990s
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French relique (originally plural), from Latin reliquiae (see reliquiae)