“The saddle no longer looked like an interesting historical relic but an instrument of torture.”

“It was a faint relic of the earlier belief in a divine presence within the church.”

“I will keep this note as a relic. Every line now traced by the hand of my dear brother becomes a treasure to me.”

“Narrow staircases lead to vast, warehouse-sized chambers, and relics are scattered about the place.”

“Meanwhile, these nations will cooperate on the preservation of relics of the Achaemenid dynasty.”

“The wonder-working tour on which the monks sent their new relics certainly helped raise funds for their new abbatial church.”