amulet
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am·u·let

noun \ˈam-yə-lət\

Definition of AMULET

: a charm (as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (as disease or witchcraft)

Examples of AMULET

  1. <a small cross made of goat bone was worn in the Middle Ages as an amulet to ward off evil>

Origin of AMULET

Latin amuletum
First Known Use: 1584

Related to AMULET

Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith

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