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Definition of Telesms
1. telesm [n] - See also: telesm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telesms
Literary usage of Telesms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A cyclopædia of biblical geography, biography, natural history, and general by John Parker Lawson, John Marius Wilson (1866)
"It early gave rise to the making of telesms; was often, from early times to late
... The making of telesms consisted in the astrological determining of a ..."
2. The New Era (1874)
"But whether this erudite writer be correct or not in his conjectures as to the
origin of telesms or Talismans, it is certain such images, constructed under ..."
3. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Carefully by Adam Clarke (1837)
"80, where he represents a person making two images or telesms, one of wax, another
of clay, which were to represent an absent person, ..."
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