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periapt|ˈpɛrɪæpt|
Also formerly in Gr. form periapton, pl. -a.
[a. F. périapte (16th c. in Godef.), ad. Gr. περίαπτον, in same sense, f. περί about + ἅπτο-ς fastened, f. ἅπτειν to fasten.]
Something worn about the person as a charm; an amulet.
1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xii. vii. (1886) 180 All their charmes, periapts, characters, amulets. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, ii. iii. 2 Now helpe ye charming Spelles and Periapts. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 216 Some use it as a periapt against enchauntments. 1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 74 Many periapta become effectual by being such polite bodies. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Periapton, a kind of medicine..which being tied about the neck, is supposed to prevent, or cure diseases. 1816Coleridge Lay Serm. 341 Superstition..goes wandering..with its pack of amulets, bead-rolls, periapts, fetisches, &c. 1861Lady Llanover in Mrs. Delany's Life & Corr. II. 274 note, Dr. Graham..mentions..a spider having been sewn up in a rag and worn as a periapt about the neck to charm away the ague. |