Rĕl'ict, n.

n. [O. Fr. relicte, a widow; Lat. relicta, f. 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.