† telesˈmatical, a. Obs.
[f. Gr. τελέσµατ-, stem of τέλεσµα, telesm + -ical.]
Of or pertaining to a telesm; talismanic; magical.
| 1646 J. Gregory Notes & Obs. (1650) 41, I undertake not that the golden Mice were so ceremoniously consecrated, yet that they had a Telesmaticall way of preparation. 1658 Robinson Endoxa x. 52 The Rain bow hath a Telesmatical signification, for the preservation of the Universe from Inundation. 1693 J. Edwards Author. O. & N. Test. 145 The telesmatical figure of a stork. |
Hence telesˈmatically adv., magically.
| 1646 J. Gregory Notes & Obs. (1650) 32 The Part of Fortune..was mysteriously included in a Statue of Brasse, Telesmatically prepared,..the Statue was called The Fortune of the City. Ibid. 33 Silver statues..Telesmatically consecrated..against the incursions of the Barbarians. |