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 Telesmatically 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.
