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Phylactery

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Noun

1. phylactery, tefillin

(Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Phylactery

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noun plural -teries
1. Also called: Tefillah Judaism (usually plural)
either of the pair of blackened square cases containing parchments inscribed with biblical passages, bound by leather thongs to the head and left arm, and worn by Jewish men during weekday morning prayers
2. 
a reminder or aid to remembering
3. archaic
an amulet or charm

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Phylactery

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nounWord forms: plural phyˈlacteries
1. 
tefillin
2.  Rare
something worn as a charm or safeguard

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Phylactery

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n. pl. phy·lac·ter·ies
Judaism
Either of two small leather boxes, each containing strips of parchment inscribed with quotations from the Hebrew Scriptures, traditionally worn strapped to the forehead and the left arm by Jewish men during morning worship, except on the Sabbath and holidays.

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