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Phylactery
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What's The Definition Of Phylactery?
[n] (Judaism) a small leather case containing religious texts; worn by Jewish men during morning prayer
Synonyms | Synonyms for Phylactery: Related Terms | Find terms related to Phylactery: Agnus Dei | amulet | ark | asperger | asperges | aspergillum | bambino | beadroll | beads | candle | censer | chaplet | charm | ciborium | cross | crucifix | cruet | eucharistial | fetish | fylfot | gammadion | good-luck charm | holy cross | Holy Grail | holy water | holy-water sprinkler | hoodoo | Host | icon | incensory | juju | love charm | luck | lucky bean | lucky piece | madstone | mascot | matzo | menorah | mezuzah | mikvah | monstrance | mumbo jumbo | obeah | osculatory | ostensorium | paschal candle | pax | periapt | philter | phylacteries | Pieta | prayer shawl | prayer wheel | pyx | relics | rood | rosary | sacramental | sacred relics | sacring bell | Sanctus bell | Sangraal | scarab | scarabaeus | scarabee | shofar | sudarium | sukkah | swastika | tabernacle | talisman | tallith | thurible | urceole | veronica | vigil light | voodoo | votive candle | whammy See Also | reminder Phylactery In Webster's Dictionary \Phy*lac"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Phylacteries}. [OE.
filateri, OF. filatire, filatiere, F. phylact[`e]re, L.
phylacterium, Gr. ?, fr. ? a watcher, guard, ? to watch,
guard. Cf. {Philatory}.]
1. Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or
disease.
2. A small square box, made either of parchment or of black
calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which
are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and
11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the
head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time
of prayer. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
3. Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics
of the dead were inclosed.
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