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Definition of Amulets
1. amulet [n] - See also: amulet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amulets
Literary usage of Amulets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"Other amulets exhibited were black wood md shell lucky pigs; silver crescent
inscribed “good luck” and with a silver pig suspended from the upper horn; ..."
2. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"The meaning of the name is uncertain; amulets some have connected it with the
Sanskrit amara- ¡ufa, " the guardian of the immortals. ..."
3. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1893)
"Others have recourse to them in time of war, to protect their persons from hostile
attacks ; but the general use of these amulets is to prevent or cure ..."
4. Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"amulets. amulets and things to be borne about (writes Burton in his Anatomy of
Melancholy) are prescribed, taxed by some, and approved by others ..."
5. Jewellery by Cyril Davenport (1905)
"Rats' ears ir such receptacles were amulets against th evil eye, sleeplessness
was cured by wearing n bat's head, and so on; and many of thes amulets were ..."
6. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain), Joseph Jacobs, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Arthur Robinson Wright, William Crooke (1897)
"... in a recent letter to the President, draws attention to his collection of
Italian amulets as particularly interesting to students of folklore, ..."
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