Bolingbroke, Remarks on Hist

Eng., let. 22. 3. To renounce a claim to; resign: as, to re linquish a debt. =Syn. 1. Abandon, Desert, etc. (see for sake ), let go, yield, cede, surrender, give up, lay down. See list under desert . relish leaving, or quitting; a forsaking; the renouncing of a claim. This is the thing they require in us, the utter relin quishment of all things popish. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iv. § 3. reliqua (rel'i-kwä), n. pl. [ML. (OF., etc.), neut. pl. of L. reliquus , relicuus , that which is left or remains over (> Pg. reliquo , remaining), relinquere , leave behind: see relic , relinquish . ] In law , the remainder or debt which a person finds himself debtor in, upon the balancing or liquidating of an account. Wharton. reliquaire (rel-i-kwar'), n . [F. réliquaire : see reliquary1 .] Same as reliquary1 . Scott , Rokeby, vi. 6. reliquary1 (rel'i-kwā-ri), n .; pl. reliquaries (-riz). [ reliquaire , F. réliquaire Pr. reliquiari = Sp. Pg. relicario = It. reliquiario , liquiare or reliquiarium , a reliquary, reli quiæ , relics: see relic .] A repository for relics, often, though not nece arily, small enough to be carried on the person. See shrine , and cut under phylacterium . Under these cupolas is ye high altar, on which is a reli quarie of sever all sorts of jewells. Evelyn , Diary, June, 1645. Sometimes, too, the hollow of our Saviour's image, wrought in high relief upon the cro , was contrived for a reliquary , and filled full of relics. Rock , Church of our Fathers, III. i. 357. reliquary2 (rel'i-kwā-ri), n .; pl. reliquaries (-riz). [ * reliquarius , reliqua , what is left over: see reliqua .] In law , one who owes a balance; also, a person who pays only piecemeal. Whar ton. relique, n. An obsolete or archaic spelling of relic . reliquiæ (rē-lik ́wi-ē), n . pl . [L., leavings, remains, relics, remnants: see relic .] 1. Relics; remains, as those of fo il organisms.-2. In bot ., same as induviæ .-3. In archæol ., artifacts. See artifact .