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Meanings of sacred relic in English

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Usage of sacred relic in English
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For a long time the Indians kept it as a sacred relic.
History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan / A Gramm...
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His last letter I preserve as a sacred relic, among my treasures.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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The sacred relic was sent to a brazier to be cleaned.
Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey
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But the paper, the writing, that sacred relic,-allthat was his very heart.
Les Misérables
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The sacred relic inside was thought to possess magic powers.
The Guardian
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A sacred relic trying to tell her something important.
Haunted: a novel of stories
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That tree is a sacred relic of the past.
The Bark Covered House / Or, Back In the Woods Again; Being a Gr...
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It is a sacred relic of some child saint.
The Motor Girls on a Tour
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She touched them lightly, reverently, as a tourist touches a sacred relic in a church.
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
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He is become a tradition and a sacred relic.
Emerson and Other Essays
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Why did he throw the sacred relic before him?
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10: The Guide
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The shrine has gone to decay, but it holds a sacred relic of the Blessed Virgin.
The Touchstone of Fortune / Being the Memoir of Baron Clyde, Who...
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Our father's ring was the most sacred relic she owned, and she left it to you.
At the Mercy of Tiberius
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And the little handkerchief, scented like the breath of heaven, we begged as a sacred relic!
Vanishing Roads and Other Essays
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I had been avoiding the sacred relic.
Anathem
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The broken cup is preserved in the family to the present day as a memorial and sacred relic.
The Broken Cup
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