AMULET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amulet mean? 

• AMULET (noun)
  The noun AMULET has 1 sense:

1. a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease

  Familiarity information: AMULET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMULET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

amulet; talisman

Hypernyms ("amulet" is a kind of...):

charm; good luck charm (something believed to bring good luck)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amulet"):

greegree; gres-gris; grigri (an African amulet)

 Context examples 

Close behind us is the moline cross of the gallant William Molyneux, and beside it the bloody chevrons of the Norfork Woodhouses, with the amulets of the Musgraves of Westmoreland.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Many of the bowmen had drawn amulets and relics from their bosoms, while he who possessed some more than usually sanctified treasure passed it down the line of his comrades, that all might kiss and reap the virtue.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)