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periapt

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɛɹɪapt/Sorted aeipprtStarts with PEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A charm worn on a necklace; an amulet.

Word origin

From Middle French periapte, from Ancient Greek περίαπτον (períapton, “amulet”), noun use of περίαπτος (períaptos, “hung round”), from περι- (peri-, “peri-”) + ἅπτος (háptos, “fastened”).

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  • The occipital bone of an asses head in a skin is also a good periapt.
  • The passage in the Greek liturgy of St. Chrysostom...became a charm for intractable hemorrhage (written on the part affected or worn as a periapt)
  • Virility is sustained, preserved, even recaptured, by man's ingenuities, by exotic foods and drinks, by rare herbal compounds, by fantastical manipulations, goetic periapts.

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