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   remnant

   /ˈrɛmnənt/

   noun

   • 1. a part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed: "the bogs are an endangered remnant of a primeval landscape" Similar remainsremainderleftoversleavingsresiduereststubbuttendtail enddregsleestechnical:residuum
   • ▪ a piece of cloth left when the greater part has been used or sold: "he sat sewing patchwork cushions with all the remnants" Similar scrappiecebitfragmentshredoffcutoddment
   • ▪ a surviving trace: "a remnant of the past"
   • 2. a small minority of people who will remain faithful to God and so be saved (in allusion to biblical prophecies concerning Israel): "if any one ceases to be a witness, he ceases to be one of the remnant"

   adjective

   • 1. remaining: "remnant strands of hair"

   Word Origin Middle English: contraction of obsolete remenant from Old French remenant, from remenoir, remanoir ‘remain’.

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