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Talismanical, adj. [17th c. Eng. talismanical (1650).] Of the nature of a talisman. —1691 Kirk Secr. Commonw. (1964) 356.
He who will prove the possibility of … the talismanical art from the blind and lame mentioned in 2 Samu. 5. 6
