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touch pieces

touch pieces is the plural of touch piece.

Meaning of touch piece

Noun

touch piece (plural touch pieces)

  1. (historical) A coin or medallion given to someone in Britain after they had been touched by the sovereign as a cure for the king's evil.
    • At home there was still a brisk traffic in the touch-pieces given to the sufferer at the royal ceremony, and subsequently worn round the neck as a souvenir or a protective amulet.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 187

Questions about touch pieces

What is touch pieces the plural of?
Touch pieces is the plural of touch piece.

Words near touch pieces in the dictionary

  1. touch pen
  2. touch pens
  3. touch phone
  4. touch phones
  5. touch piece
  6. touch pieces
  7. touch pool
  8. touch pools
  9. touch screen
  10. touch screens
  11. touch some grass

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