1. apotropaic - Noun
2. apotropaic - Adjective
3. apotropaic - Adjective Satellite
having the power to prevent evil or bad luck
Source: WordNetHere we have an apotropaic situation, where a god originally bringing the plague was invoked to end it. Source: Internet
Religion was possibly apotropaic; specifically, it may have involved sympathetic magic. Source: Internet
These were apotropaic meaning they were intended to ward off evil. Source: Internet