Word of the Day – Relict

Relict (noun)

rel-ikt

A thing which has survived from an earlier period or in a primitive form.

How strange that I came across this word in reference to a widow; although archaic relict does mean widow.

Example sentences

“It was a relict of the times before the First Apocalypse, the unknown era.”

“As his relict and only surviving family Lucy inherited everything.”