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I have noted that relict can be used also in ethnology, with analogous meaning. It would be nice to see this added to the article. Etxrge 07:56, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I have seen the term "relict" used to mean a bastard line. For instance "the House of Braganza was a relict of the House of Aviz, itself a relict of the Burgundian line of the Capetian dynasty ruling in Portugal)." But I can't find any support for this usage anywhere. Does anybody know of this? john k 08:02, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

That's a new one on me. Is this in very old sources? Deb 21:19, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

"Ancient term"? Could you call any usage of an english word an ancient term? Since english as we know it hasn't been around for a complete millenium, how can anything relating to it be called ancient? Verification of this is needed or a modification of the claim.

It's actually a generic or collective term for widows and widowers. Any person who has lost their spouse can be called a relict, and a group consisting of widows and widowers would be called a group of relicts. JackofOz 20:09, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

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