Definition of relic | Bee Dictionary of English

He was consigned to be a relic before his time had come.
Like the 51-cm relic itself first mentioned in the Gospel of John the tale of the Holy Lance, or Spear of Destiny, has been embellished over the ages.
At 35, Richard Barton is already a bit of a relic.

Being your company's unofficial technical support
Former Relic dev Karl Schmidt writes about how and why he devoted so much time to helping out Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II players with their problems. ...
June 13, 2013 - Gamasutra
Arirang Korean Restaurant: Asian Roadhouse
Perched on the side of the Austin Highway, just east of Salado Creek, is a relic from earlier times — a roadhouse serving homemade grub and cold drinks till 2 a.m. Arirang Korean Restaurant is no honky-tonk, but a Texan outpost of an older tradition. Along with almost 50 food items on the bilingual menu, Arirang serves beer and soju, a distilled rice beverage enjoyed in Korea since the 1300s ...
June 12, 2013 - San Antonio Current
Former Bleecker St. GE building sold
A relic of Utica’s past has new life. The Common Council approved the sale of the former General Electric building at 1900 Bleecker St. to Grzegorz and Monika Chronowski for $260,000 during its meeting last week.
June 10, 2013 - The Observer-Dispatch

John Lennon in International Herald Tribune
We remain hopeful that someone will step forward who might be interested in taking over the stewardship of this very interesting Cold War relic,Lennon said.
Auron Tare in The Associated Press
If the data coincide with the conclusions of the further study of that archaeological relic, then we may say the expedition has discovered the Italian Rosandra ship,Tare told The Associated Press.
Trent Lott in Washington Post
MOSCOW -- Sen. Trent Lott said Wednesday he would try to convince Russian lawmakers that a planned missile defense system for Europe poses no threat to their country and that concerns about the project were "a relic of Cold War thinking."