Apotropaic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  apotropaic \ap`o*tro*pa"ic\ ([a^]p`[-o]*tr[=o]*p[=a]"[i^]k), n.
     [Gr. 'apotro`paios averting evil.]
     Intended to protect from evil.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  apotropaic
       adj : having the power to prevent evil or bad luck