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- noun Plural form of
periapt .
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Examples
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It is apodeictic that the caliginosity of the agrestic embrangle periapts with mansuetude.
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Spells, periapts, and charms, are of his devicechoice arrows out of Apollyons quiver.
Chapter V 1917
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Of all people who ever lived, the Persians wore perhaps most remarkable for their unshaken credulity in amulets, spells, periapts, and similar charms, framed, it was said, under the influence of particular planets, and bestowing high medical powers, as well as the means of advancing men's fortunes in various manners.
The Talisman 1894
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` ` Thy daughter worketh the cures, I doubt not, '' thus he went on to address the Jew, ` ` by words and sighs, and periapts, and other cabalistical mysteries. ''
Ivanhoe 1892
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Where be your periapts, and your abracadabras man? your Mayfern, your vervain,
The Antiquary 1845
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Spells, periapts, and charms are of his device -- choice arrows out of
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Where be your periapts, and your abracadabras man? your
The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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Where be your periapts, and your abracadabras man? your
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Spells, periapts, and charms are of his device -- choice arrows out of Apollyon's quiver. '
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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Spells, periapts, and charms are of his device -- choice arrows out of Apollyon's quiver. '
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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