Hoplochrism
//ˈhɒpləʊkɹɪzm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The superstitious practice of applying a salve, ointment, or chrism to a weapon that has caused an injury — rather than to the injury itself — in the belief that doing so will heal the wound that the weapon caused; weapon salve. historical, rare, uncountable
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Example
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Etymology
Formed as hoplo- (“weapon”) + chrism (“consecrated oil mingled with balm”, “unguent”); equivalent to the Ancient Greek ὅπλον (hóplon, “weapon”) + χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “salve”).
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