RELICT

relict. Relict, n. a widow, a woman left in widowhood

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Rel″ict (–?kt), n. [[L. relicta, fr. of relictus, p. p. of relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.]] A woman whose husband is dead; a widow. Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli. South.