1a 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
a piece of cloth left when the greater part has been used or sold:he sat sewing patchwork cushions with all the remnants
a surviving trace:a remnant of the past
2 Christian Theology 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
