Talisman

• abstract: A talisman (; transliterated: ) is an object which is believed to contain certain magical properties which would provide good luck for the possessor and possibly offer protection from evil or harm. The word comes from the Arabic word طلسم (Tilasm), from an alteration of late Greek telesma (τέλεσμα), "completion, religious rite",talisman, Oxford Dictionaries itself from the word teleō (τελέω) which means "I complete, perform a rite".

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