amulet

noun

am·u·let ˈam-yə-lət

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

Examples of amulet in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web Entire 10-story buildings are hired out, taxi drivers get dream fares and vendors do a mean trade in T-shirts, books, amulets and other Breslov merch. —

Jeffrey Gettleman Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2023 Theo Eli Gil Bell / AFP - Getty Images Not seen since before the Viking Age, the pendants were bracteates: thin, flat, single-sided gold discs that once formed an amulet. —

Patrick Smith, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023 Some of the items were Olmec figures, grinding stones, clay and stone earmuffs, and a human head amulet. —

Kara Nelson, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023 Scientists studying ancient cultures can learn a lot from the valuable objects people were buried with, from the amulets left with a teenage mummy in ancient Egypt to the ivory tusks buried with a very important Copper Age woman. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Aug. 2023 The amulet lying at the center of the plot brings all of that humanity, good, bad, and in between, to the forefront. —

David James, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023 Roemer and Macpherson chose turquoise as it has long been prized in many world cultures as a balancing and healing amulet and talisman. —

Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 17 July 2023 Much more strikingly, the team found an assortment of 21 distinct types of amulets, including a golden tongue amulet positioned inside the mouth and a golden heart amulet positioned inside the chest. —

Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2023 Egyptian embalmers placed amulets to protect and provide vitality for the body in the afterlife, and a gold tongue amulet was placed inside the mouth to ensure the deceased could speak in the afterlife. —

Charlene Gubash, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2023 See More

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