Definition of talisman

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tal·is·man    (tls-mn, -z-) KEY  

NOUN:
pl. tal·is·mans

1. An object marked with magic signs and believed to confer on its bearer supernatural powers or protection.
2. Something that apparently has magic power.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French talisman, or Spanish talismán or Italian talismano all from Arabic ilasm, from Late Greek telesma, from Greek, consecration ceremony, from telein, to consecrate, fulfill, from telos, result; see k^wel- ¹ in Indo-European roots

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