talisman
noun/ˈtælɪzmən/
/ˈtælɪzmən/
- an object that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luckWord Originmid 17th cent.: based on Arabic ṭilsam, apparently from an alteration of late Greek telesma ‘completion, religious rite’, from telein ‘complete, perform a rite’, from telos ‘result, end’.
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