Periapt - What does it mean?
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A charm worn on a necklace; an amulet.
* 1825 , , The Talisman , A.L. Burt Company (1832), 9-10:
* 1864 , Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England , volume 1, preface, page xx
* 1867 , Charles William King, The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals , Bell & Daldy (London), Deighton, Bell, & Co. (Cambridge), page 326
* 1921 , Fielding H. Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine , W.B. Saunders Co., page 41
* 2003 , Hannah Howell, His Immortal Embrace , Kensington Books, ISBN 0758204752, page 232
periapt
English
Noun
(en noun)- Of all people who ever lived, the Persians were perhaps most remarkable for their unshaken credulity in amulets, spells, periapts , and similar charms, framed, it was said, under the influence of particular planets, and bestowing high medical powers, as well as the means of advancing men's fortunes in various manners.
- The occipital bone of an asses head in a skin is also a good periapt .
- [Aaron’s Breastplate] was a decoration'', from the costliness of its nature; a ''periapt'' , for it was suspended round his neck by golden chains; a ''talisman , for it ensured the divine protection to the tribes whose names were thereon engraven.
- 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 )
- That is the secret of this vault, Miss Thornberry. It is his living tomb, and the periapt you wear around your neck is his epitaph.
