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Noun

cramp ring ‎(plural cramp rings)

1. (now historical) A ring worn to prevent cramp, epilepsy and associated diseases, especially one specifically blessed by an English monarch before the Reformation.
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 193:

     The blessing of cramp-rings was abandoned immediately and without comment upon the accession of Elizabeth I.

   • 2011, Margaret George, The Autobiography of Henry VIII, p. 357:

     "Now you may have the traditional cramp-rings," Anne said, in that same high-pitched, haughty voice.

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