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hoplochrism

Noun

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hoplochrism (uncountable)

(rare, chiefly historical) The superstitious practice of applying a salve, ointment, or chrism to a weapon that has caused an injury — rather than to the injury itself — in the belief that doing so will heal the wound that the weapon caused; weapon salve.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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