as in talisman
something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
even rational, enlightened people have their periapts, which somehow make them feel a little more secure in an uncertain world
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Noun
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Prima thought about the possibility that there was a person in the world—perhaps Ruth was this person or would someday be this person—for whom Prima’s name was this kind of talisman.—
Lillian Fishman,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025 -
Mbeumo is Brentford’s talisman and is one of the few attackers in the league who will play 90 minutes almost every game.—
Abdul Rehman,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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In what is now China, fish carved from jade were worn as amulets, hanging like pendants, as far back as 10,000 B.C. in the Neolithic Age, according to Carol Michaelson, a research curator in the British Museum’s Asia department.—
Melanie Abrams,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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The amulet was found near the Tel Azka site, which has regularly yielded archaeological matter.—
Alex Greenberger for ARTNews,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Periapt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/periapt. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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