Definitions
a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease
Word origin
From French talisman, partly from Arabic طِلَّسْم (ṭillasm, “payment”), from Ancient Greek τέλεσμα (télesma, “payment”); and partly directly from Byzantine Greek τέλεσμα (télesma, “talisman, religious rite, completion”), from τελέω (teléō, “to perform religious rites, to complete”), from τέλος (télos, “end, fulfillment, accomplishment, consummation, completion”). Doublet of telesm.
Used in a sentence
“That woman’s love is a talisman by which he holds and hopes to get his safety.”
“I have in my possession three Magic Talismans, which I have ever guarded with utmost care, keeping the knowledge of their existence from anyone else.”
“Dagobert gave him back his passport. He re-pocketed it indifferently; a talisman which had lost its potency.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Good-luck charm”8 letters
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