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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
remnant
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ His prey is the charred remnants of a campfire set along a trail in the heart of this tinder-dry wilderness area.
▪ In minutes the last remnants of life on the planet were gone.
▪ The first revolution on the agenda, therefore, was the bourgeois-democratic overthrow of tsarism and abolition of feudal remnants.
▪ There was an empty lot there full of overgrown weeds and crunchy brown grass and the shattered remnants of a shack.
▪ They can also be distinguished by their almost globular shape and the long protruding remnant of the style sticking out on top.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Remnant

Remnant \Rem"nant\, n. [OF. remanant. See Remnant, a.]

  1. That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue.
    --Chaucer.

    The remnant that are left of the captivity.
    --Neh. i. 3.

    The remnant of my tale is of a length To tire your patience.
    --Dryden.

  2. A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap.

    Some odd quirks and remnants of wit.
    --Shak.

  3. (Com.) An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

    Syn: Residue; rest; remains; remainder.

Remnant

Remnant \Rem"nant\ (r?m"nant), a. [OF. remanant, p. pr. of remanoir, remaindre. See Remanent, Remain.] Remaining; yet left. [R.] ``Because of the remnant dregs of his disease.''
--Fuller.

And quiet dedicate her remnant life To the just duties of an humble wife.
--Prior.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
remnant

late 14c., contraction of remenant (c.1300), from Old French remanant "rest, remainder, surplus," noun use of present participle of remanoir "to remain" (see remain (v.)). Specific sense of "end of a piece of drapery, cloth, etc." is recorded from early 15c. An Old English word for "remnant" was endlaf.

Wiktionary
remnant

a. (context archaic English) Remaining; still left. n. 1 The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group. 2 The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt. 3 An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

WordNet
remnant
  1. n. a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists [syn: leftover]

  2. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold [syn: end, remainder, oddment]

Wikipedia
Remnant (band)

Remnant is a Roman Catholic band formed in 1998 in Arlington, Texas. Remnant was one of 250 performers selected to play at World Youth Day in Toronto, Canada. in July 2002 and in Cologne, Germany in 2005. They celebrated their tenth anniversary on the Feast of the Visitation May 31, 2008 in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Remnant (Seventh-day Adventist belief)

In Seventh-day Adventist theology, there will be an end time remnant of believers who are faithful to God.

The remnant church is a visible, historical, organized body characterized by obedience to the commandments of God and the possession of a unique end-time gospel proclamation. Adventists have traditionally equated this "remnant church" with the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.

A distinct but related concept is the eschatological remnant, which will be manifest shortly prior to the second coming of Jesus. The "remnant church" is understood to act as a catalyst for the formation of this group. The eschatological remnant will consist of some (but not all) constituents of the present "remnant church", together with a cohort of believers from other (that is, non-Adventist) churches. Only members of the eschatological remnant will be saved through the end-times.

Traditionally, Adventists have also applied the symbol of " Laodicea" to themselves, a self-criticism as being "lukewarm" in the faith (Revelation 3:15-16).

The Adventist doctrine of the end-time remnant is based primarily upon Revelation 12:17, which states:

"And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." ( King James Version, emphasis added)

An estimated 90% of Adventists believe "The Adventist Church has a special mission to proclaim God’s last message to the world", according to estimates of local church leaders in a 2002 worldwide survey.

Remnant (Bible)

The remnant is a recurring theme throughout the Hebrew and Christian Bible. The Anchor Bible Dictionary describes it as "What is left of a community after it undergoes a catastrophe". The concept has stronger representation in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament than in the Christian New Testament.

Remnant (comics)
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Remnant

Remnant may refer to:

  • Remnant (Bible), in the Bible
    • Remnant (Seventh-day Adventist belief), remnant concepts within the Seventh-day Adventist Church
  • The Remnant (group), Atlanta hip-hop group
  • Remnant (band), a Roman Catholic band
  • Remnant (comics), a character from the Squadron Supreme comic books
  • Remnants (film), a 2012 film
  • "Remnants", a song by Disturbed from Asylum
  • The Remnant (newspaper), a Traditional Catholic newspaper
  • The Remnant (novel), 10th book in the Left Behind series
  • Remnants (science fiction), a series of science fiction books written by K. A. Applegate
  • Remnants (of a Former Worry), a song by Phase.
  • Astronomical objects:
    • Nova remnant
    • Supernova remnant

Usage examples of "remnant".

I know that the Accursed Forest is a remnant of the wild order that once spread across all of Candar before the Firstborn.

When this result is accomplished, the old curve is deserted, sand bars are formed across their mouths, which may gradually grow to broad alluvial plains, so that the long-surviving, crescent-shaped lake, the remnant of the river bed, may be seen far from the present course of the ever-changing stream.

At the necropsy the uterus was found adherent to the anterior wall of the abdomen and containing remnants of a putrid fetus with its numerous bones.

Although he had acquired an autocratic manner and social veneer, there were still remnants of that eager young captain he had once been.

Many showed no magical power at all, and Avelyn soon realized that these were the remnants of previous showers, brought up to the surface by the battering of the storm.

He had agreed with the remnant of the Bellipotent Composition to rendezvous.

Glaurung and to his Master that in Brethil there abode still a remnant of free men, the last of the Three Houses to defy the power of the North.

The worn-out ones had been carted to the foundling home in Brewhouse Lane where the children had been made to dismantle the matted remnants of tar and hemp.

As for myself, who am true Yorkshire also, I take the most honest pride in hearing them describe your elegant attitude, leaning back in your britzska, with your feet on the opposite cushions, your hat arranged aside with that air of undefinable grace characteristic of the Grand Seigneur, and, which is the last remnant of the feudal system, your reiterated orders to drive over an old woman.

Kujawa had climbed onto the bulldozer and were ready to start off, the feeling of anticipation and curiosity that flooded through Ross totally overwhelmed any remnants of the despair that he had felt so strongly only minutes before.

Back at the walled garden near the house, Ana turned to survey the gently sloping terrain down to the jungle, and was hit by its unlikely but striking similarity to another would-be paradise, the remnants of which she had once visited, a hortus conclusus whose inhabitants had tried to keep the outside world at bay while an ideal society was being constructed within the boundaries.

And then, after conversion, though his will is changed, yet, ex infirmitate, there are many things that he cannot do, so strong is the remnant of malignity that is still in his heart.

Shaggy dogs whined at the doors until the mensal remnants were tossed out to them in the front yard.

Though the remnants of the drug still made any focus difficult, she felt the menstruum ambitious in her belly.

A quick glance disclosed the remnants of fur and cloth left lying on the floor near the bed, along with the thread Metis had used in her sewing.