n.
  - a small remaining part, quantity, or trace. 
▸a piece of cloth left when the greater part has been used or sold.
 - Christian Theology  a small minority of people who will remain faithful to God and so be saved.
 
adj.
 remaining.
 
  Etymology
  ME: contr. of obs. remenant from OFr. remenant, from remenoir, remanoir ‘remain’.