Sentence examples for important relic from inspiring English sources

And he returned to the building another important relic of its past: an ornate cast-iron stove from the 1880's, which he discovered in a stable.

Some archaeologists and officials in Beijing question whether local officials should negotiate the fate of an important relic governed by national law.

The most important relic of all those years of buddying up with the Brits, however, is a key to American retiree happiness in the Algarve today.

A unique feature of ancient Buddhist architecture, vatadages were built for the protection of small stupas that had an important relic enshrined in them or were built on hallowed ground.

The silk of the flag has been stated to have originated in the Far East, and was therefore extremely precious, which led some to believe that the flag may have been an important relic of some sort.

The state archives also contain important relics.

The 793 raid was apparently not too devastating - although Bishop Aethelwald's stone cross was broken, the Lindisfarne Gospels appear to have been undamaged, while the remains of St Cuthbert and the other important relics that were on Lindisfarne – which included the head of King Oswald and some of St Aidan's bones – seem to have survived unscathed as well.

In 1988, in connection with the 1000th Anniversary of the Baptism of Russia, the head, along with other important relics, was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church and kept at the Epiphany Cathedral, until being moved to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour after its restoration.

The cedar forests in Lebanon give shelter to a rich biodiversity and they constitute important mountainous relic habitats harboring a wide range of endemic, rare and threatened species, and species with economic potential.

Step in line with numerous pilgrims in Kandy's Unesco-rated Sacred City to visit the Dalada Maligawa, also known as the Temple of the Tooth and home to the country's most important Buddhist relic - allegedly a tooth of the Buddha.

The photographers who portrayed the waterworks after its abandonment likewise have no overt agenda, and yet in the context of a remarkable history, their work appears 'guilty' of what Leary accuses - it arouses our sympathies for an important cultural relic that has been woefully neglected.