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▪ I. charact arch.|ˈkærækt|
Also 5–6 charecte, 6 charect, 6–7 characte; and see caract.
[a. central OF. characte = ONF. caracte: see caract.]
†1. An engraved or impressed mark; a stamp, impress; a letter, figure, etc. Obs.
c1430Lydg. Bochas iv. ii. (1554) 102 Charectes of his woundes. 1552Bale Apol. 96 The very charactes or markes of the infernall beast. 1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 194 b, Those three charects (χ, ξ, ς). 1570Billingsley Euclid vii. def. ii. 184 Figures or charactes of number vsed in Arithmetique. 1603Knolles Turks (1621) 476 Mourning letters written in blacke paper with white charactes.
2. A cabbalistic or magical sign or emblem.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 437 b, To Christen..with Salt, Oile, Water, Charactes and exorcismes. 1855Smedley Occult Sc. 347 Written charms carried for defence are also known under the name of characts. 1886Burton Arab. Nts. (abr. ed.) I. 126 Inscribed with talismans and characts.
▪ II. charact
obs. form of carat. |