Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or possessing the virtues of an amulet: as, amuletic medicines.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.

Etymologies

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amulet +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • It is the amuletic cross of the Western world, worn by the sick in the hope of recovery from illness.

    A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975

  • It is the amuletic cross of the Western world, worn by the sick in the hope of recovery from illness.

    A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975

  • Edward Berdoe, in the "Origin and Growth of the Healing Art," comments on the universality of amuletic symbols and talismans.

    Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence

  • As Tobin Siebers has shown (in The Mirror of Medusa, 1983), the Gorgon has traditionally been associated with curses and with amuletic, ritual language.

    Dialogic Text 1824

  • Created for about three thousand years in the region the ancient Greeks called Mesopotamia, or "the land between two rivers," the function of seals was both practical, as a means of identification, and amuletic, intended to protect or benefit the owner in some way.

    NYC.com's Exclusive New York City Event Calendar : Art 2010

  • Created for about three thousand years in the region the ancient Greeks called Mesopotamia, or "the land between two rivers," the function of seals was both practical, as a means of identification, and amuletic, intended to protect or benefit the owner in some way.

    NYC.com's Exclusive New York City Event Calendar : Art 2010

  • Created for about three thousand years in the region the ancient Greeks called Mesopotamia, or "the land between two rivers," the function of seals was both practical, as a means of identification, and amuletic, intended to protect or benefit the owner in some way.

    NYC.com's Exclusive New York City Event Calendar : Art 2010

  • Created for about three thousand years in the region the ancient Greeks called Mesopotamia, or "the land between two rivers," the function of seals was both practical, as a means of identification, and amuletic, intended to protect or benefit the owner in some way.

    NYC.com's Exclusive New York City Event Calendar : Art 2010

  • Created for about three thousand years in the region the ancient Greeks called Mesopotamia, or "the land between two rivers," the function of seals was both practical, as a means of identification, and amuletic, intended to protect or benefit the owner in some way.

    NYC.com's Exclusive New York City Event Calendar : Art 2010

  • Created for about three thousand years in the region the ancient Greeks called Mesopotamia, or "the land between two rivers," the function of seals was both practical, as a means of identification, and amuletic, intended to protect or benefit the owner in some way.

    NYC.com's Exclusive New York City Event Calendar : Art 2010

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