relict

1. (formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.Examples: "Upon which the Chancellor, by way of note said, 'it is suggested, that there is a relict of the deceased, married to another man, who has joined her in a power of attorney to authorize the sale of her interest, […]'"; "But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future."archaicformal

2. (formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.Examples: "[…] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]"; "The species may be a relict of former stages of historical vegetation and landscape development resulting from past climate changes (glacial and post- glacial periods)."formal

3. (formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.Examples: "Dark rims around the pillows are caused by glaucophane enrichment, possibly a relict of a primary interaction between basalt and seawater, causing Na- enrichment in the original glass crust of the pillows."formal

4. (formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.Examples: "A small number of linguists believe that Cimbrian is not an Austro-Bavarian dialect but a relict of Lombardic."formal