I think there are mentions of such 'protective enchantments/charms' throughout the books - such as the wedding, the infinite camping trip, the World cup - but I believe you're correct in that the word 'ward' itself is never actually coined.
I just performed a quick word search and found lots of mentions of medical wards and St. Mungo wards, but no protective spell wards. :-)
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Date: 2011-10-28 11:20 pm (UTC)I just performed a quick word search and found lots of mentions of medical wards and St. Mungo wards, but no protective spell wards. :-)