"Relic: An item imbued with mana from a god as a result of its proximity to that god, whether that proximity is from an isolated incident, or is regular. In modern times, the vast majority of the power wielded by priests and other heavenly-minded characters comes from their use of relics. In most cases, relics come from the time of the crusades, when the gods supposedly walked regularly among mortals. A few rare relics appear to come from the time before the Migrations, though explanations of that seem to differ widely depending on the source. Members of various priesthoods claim that there are new relics today, though there is little empirical evidence to support such a claim."

It is clear where the sympathies of the author of this dictionary lie. I wonder if he even tried to temper his opinions of the god-fearing, or if he simply let his feelings loose. I suspect the former, since not every entry dealing with the gods is as acidic as this one. I wonder how a lexicon from the other side would read.