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curse tablet

curse tablet noun: a stone tablet inscribed with a curse, as used in parts of the ancient Mediterranean to target someone with maleficent magic.

Noun

curse tablet (plural curse tablets)

  1. (historical) A stone tablet inscribed with a curse, as used in parts of the ancient Mediterranean to target someone with maleficent magic.
    • A simple curse tablet might be inscribed with the words “As this piece of lead grows cold, so will John Smith.”2010, Allan Zola Kronzek, Elizabeth Kronzek, The Sorcerer's Companion, 3rd edition, page 52
    • Curse tablets persisted in their original Greek homeland, and spread out from it across much of the empire.2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, published 2018, page 65

Forms of curse tablet

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Questions about curse tablet

What does curse tablet mean?
Curse tablet means a stone tablet inscribed with a curse, as used in parts of the ancient Mediterranean to target someone with maleficent magic.
What part of speech is curse tablet?
Curse tablet is a noun.
What is the plural of curse tablet?
The plural of curse tablet is curse tablets.

Words near curse tablet in the dictionary

  1. curse of Cain
  2. curse of dimensionality
  3. curse of Scotland
  4. curse of the ninth
  5. curse out
  6. curse tablet
  7. curse tablets
  8. curse word
  9. curse words
  10. cursed
  11. cursed like a pagan

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