Noun: telesm
| Singular | telesm |
| Plural | telesms; telesmata |
Sample Sentences
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“In all these cases they had held that environment could be modified at will by telesmata or sympathetic figures.” [1917, Aleister Crowley, Moonchild, Weiser, published 2010, page 108:]
Etymology
From New Latin telesma, and its source, Byzantine Greek τέλεσμα (télesma), from Ancient Greek τελεῖν (teleîn, “to perform (rites), to initiate (in the mysteries”). Doublet of talisman.