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The "Eumenides" means the kindly ones, the euphemistic, apotropaic name for the Furies, who appear onstage in the play.— The Nation: Top Stories
And among the apotropaic customs of the Celts - their attempts to ward off the forces of death - included costumes and jack-o'-lanterns, and much that we would recognize in the modern holiday.— Yale Daily News - Latest Issue
This is plausible; Chinese statuettes often have apotropaic inscriptions, and this may have been the Chinese word— LXer Linux News
But the term "apotropaic" is generally used of expulsive ceremonies in which a whole community takes part.— Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV
Examples of human apotropaic vehicles occur in the ancient civilized world.— Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV

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