historical relic

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalandrelic

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historical
adjective
uk
/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us
/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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relic
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrel.ɪk/us
/ˈrel.ɪk/
an object, tradition, or system from the past that continues ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandrelicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhistorical relic

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We shall become a backwater—anhistoricalrelic.
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I feel that in this respect the judicial procedure as a safeguard has perhaps been exaggerated and that it is in many respects ahistoricalrelic.
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In 1987 ahistoricalrelic, made up of a series of clams arranged in dragon patterns, was unearthed.
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What is now believed to be the last bow garret in existence has now been listed in order to preserve thishistoricalrelic.
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The care of historical relics remained restricted to small-scale objects, such as the hunebedden.
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I think the greatest disaster would be for any one country to try to make a "corner," or a sort of monopoly, in historical relics.
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We would be doing away with no more than historical relics of no practical significance.
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Kilda but many other islands which will become only historical relics.
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I have made this brief intervention merely to emphasise that we must examine on a more fundamental basis the degree to which we are currently taxing ourselves into historical relics.
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For some months it served as a museum of historical relics and efforts were made by the city to secure objects found inside the building.
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The aging inner core of the city, where the historical relics are concentrated, would have low density development and renewed over time.
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It is an area of historical relics and shrines.
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However now, in modern times, these statues are protected as historical relics.
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Regular maintenance works has kept the historical relic's original appearance intact.
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Numberless books, invaluable documents and works of art, irreplaceable historical relics and family heirlooms, hundreds of churches and temples were burned.
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Cultural and historical relics are being moved to higher ground as they are discovered, but the flooding inevitably covered undiscovered relics.
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But now, in modern times, these statues are protected as historical relics.
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The county abounds with natural resources, beautiful landscapes and historical relics.
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There are 16 key national units of protecting historical relics and 267 provincial units of protecting historical relics.
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Preparations commenced to construct facilities to preserve historical relics of the past.
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