\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.