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periapt (PER-ee-apt) - n., a charm esp. worn around the neck, amulet.
I thought it had something to do with church architecture, but no. Not the most common word ever, but it does appear in multiple collegiate dictionaries so not super-rare either. Borrowed in 1584 from Middle French periapte, from Greek períapton, amulet, from períaptein, to fasten around (oneself), from perí-, around + haptein, to fasten.
---L.
I thought it had something to do with church architecture, but no. Not the most common word ever, but it does appear in multiple collegiate dictionaries so not super-rare either. Borrowed in 1584 from Middle French periapte, from Greek períapton, amulet, from períaptein, to fasten around (oneself), from perí-, around + haptein, to fasten.
---L.
