English

Noun

touch piece ‎(plural touch pieces)

1. (now historical) A coin or medallion given to someone in Britain after they had been touched by the sovereign as a cure for the king's evil.
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society (2012), page 187:

     At home there was still a brisk traffic in the touch-pieces given to the sufferer at the royal ceremony, and subsequently worn round the neck as a souvenir or a protective amulet.