"hand of glory" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from a confused reference to the mandrake plant, which is mandragore in French, while hand of glory would be main de gloire.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hands of glory",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hands of glory"
      },
      "expansion": "hand of glory (plural hands of glory)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 114:",
          "text": "Sorcerers and other practitioners of witchcraft used to make a variety of candlestick called the Hand of Glory, chiefly from the flesh of criminals[.]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A charm made from the hand of a man executed by hanging, supposed to be able to unlock doors, render other people motionless, etc."
      ],
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          "charm",
          "charm"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ],
        [
          "unlock",
          "unlock"
        ],
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ],
        [
          "motionless",
          "motionless"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A charm made from the hand of a man executed by hanging, supposed to be able to unlock doors, render other people motionless, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "hand of glory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hand of glory"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from a confused reference to the mandrake plant, which is mandragore in French, while hand of glory would be main de gloire.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hands of glory",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hands of glory"
      },
      "expansion": "hand of glory (plural hands of glory)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 114:",
          "text": "Sorcerers and other practitioners of witchcraft used to make a variety of candlestick called the Hand of Glory, chiefly from the flesh of criminals[.]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A charm made from the hand of a man executed by hanging, supposed to be able to unlock doors, render other people motionless, etc."
      ],
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        [
          "charm",
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        ],
        [
          "hand",
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        ],
        [
          "unlock",
          "unlock"
        ],
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ],
        [
          "motionless",
          "motionless"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A charm made from the hand of a man executed by hanging, supposed to be able to unlock doors, render other people motionless, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "hand of glory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hand of glory"
}