relical

English

relical (comparative more relical, superlative most relical)

Of or relating to a relic.
- 2013, S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music (page 47)
  In light of industrial music's attitudes toward tradition, hierarchy, and the body, Stockhausen's opinions seem positively relical when he continues, "Music is the product of the highest human intelligence, and […] as soon as it becomes just a means for ambiance, as we say, environment, or for being used for certain purposes, then music becomes a whore."

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