A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Reliquies, -lequies, n. pl. (Obs. e.m.E. reliquies relics, remains (1517), L. reliquiæ. See also Relik n. 1 and 3.) — 1513 Doug. v ii 11 (Sm.) (see Relik n. 3.)
Reliquies 1531 Bell. 1531 Boece I 231.
Reule … was … send … to vesy the blissit reliquies of Sanct Andro 1560 Old Ross-shire I 9.
The Laird of Ballanagones obligation maid to Nicholas Ross upon the relequies of Tane
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Reliquies n. pl.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 25 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/reliquies>
