Category:Relict

Rel"ict (-kt), n. Etym: [l. relicta, fr. of relictus, p. p. of Relinquere to leave behind. See relinquish.]

Defn: a woman whose husband is dead; a widow. Eli dying without issue, jacob was obbliged by law to marry his Relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother eli. South.