Talisman synonyms

tăl'ĭs-mən, -ĭz-

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good-luck piece
a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease
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periapt
A charm worn as protection against mischief and disease; an amulet.
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symbol
The definition of a symbol is something that stands for or represents something else.
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lucky
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rabbit-s-foot
A talisman or good-luck charm made from, or made to resemble, the hind foot of a rabbit
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juju
Magic or sorcery associated with such peoples
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supernatural (related)
(Uncountable) Supernatural beings and events collectively. (When used with definite article: "the supernatural".)
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fetish
Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. [from the early 17th c.]
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grigri
An African charm, fetish, or amulet.
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amulet
A kind of protective charm or ornament, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, evil spirits &/or the supernatural.
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charm (related)
The power or quality of pleasing or delighting; appeal:
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mascot
A distinctive, stylized figure, variously of an animal, character, etc., used to represent a sports team or other organization; often, specif., such a figure portrayed by a costumed person
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token
(Mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.
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phylactery
Either of two small leather boxes, each containing strips of parchment inscribed with quotations from the Hebrew Scriptures, traditionally worn strapped to the forehead and the left arm by Jewish men during morning worship, except on the Sabbath and holidays.
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talismans (related)
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amulets (related)
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scarab
A representation of this beetle, such as a ceramic or stone sculpture or a cut gem, used in ancient Egypt as a talisman and a symbol of the soul.
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Talisman Sentence Examples

  • He wore a glowing talisman on a leather chain around his neck.

  • I don't use history to predict the future, like some talisman that lets me pick winning lottery numbers (don't I wish).

  • He placed the talisman on the door frame of Hannah's cell.  The door opened.

  • Recent grail researches have made it most probable that that mysterious talisman was originally the vessel of the ritual feast held in honour of a deity of vegetation, - Adonis, or another; if the Round Table also, as Dr Mott suggests, derives from a similar source, we have a link between these two notable features of Arthurian tradition, and an additional piece of evidence in support of the view that behind the Arthur of romance there lie not only memories of an historic British chieftain, but distinct traces of a mythological and beneficent hero.

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