relic, n.Definitions

Relic (n.) come ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from lynch mobs fighting over the last remains of a victim, in sixteenth-century France and in modern racial lynchings alike.