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What does apotropaically mean?

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Adverb
  1. In an apotropaic manner.
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The griffins at the ends of the sarcophagus are mythical monsters that preside apotropaically as guardians over the deceased.
An amulet shaped like a turtle, a creature of darkness, took the form of the very entity its wearer wished to avoid and thus acted apotropaically.

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