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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease;
[syn: amulet, talisman]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Talisman \Tal"is*man\, n.; pl. Talismans. [Sp., from Ar. tilism, tilsam, a magical image, pl. tilsam[=a]n, fr. Gr. ? tribute, tax, LGr., an initiation, incantation, from ? to complete, perform, to play taxes, to make perfect, to initiate, especially in the mysteries, fr. ? completion, end.] 1. A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its influence. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases. --Swift. [1913 Webster] Talismanic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

talisman n 1: a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease [syn: amulet, talisman]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "talisman": amulet, charm, fetish, fylfot, gammadion, good-luck charm, hoodoo, juju, love charm, luck, lucky bean, lucky piece, madstone, mascot, mumbo jumbo, obeah, periapt, philter, phylactery, scarab, scarabaeus, scarabee, sudarium, swastika, veronica, voodoo, whammy, wishbone
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

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