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phylactery
[ fi-lak-tuh-ree ]
noun
- Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deuteronomy 6, 13–21 of Deuteronomy 11, and 1–16 of Exodus 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- (in the early Christian church) a receptacle containing a holy relic.
- an amulet, charm, or safeguard against harm or danger.
phylactery
/ ɪˈæəɪ /
noun
- Also calledTefillah 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
- a reminder or aid to remembering
- archaic.an amulet or charm
Other yvlog Forms
- ··ٱ· [fil-ak-, ter, -ik], a·ٱi· adjective
- ·t· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of phylactery1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of phylactery1
Example Sentences
But they did not don prayer shawls or phylacteries — small cases holding slips inscribed with passages of Scripture bound to the head and arm— that are customarily worn during morning prayers.
“The Women of the Wall will continue to worship at the women’s section of the Western Wall with the Torah scroll, prayer shawls and phylacteries until equality for women arrives at the wall as well.”
“The Women of the Wall will continue to worship at the women’s section of the Western Wall with the Torah scroll, prayer shawls and phylacteries until equality for women arrives at the Wall as well.”
Beit El’s other concerns are small-scale by comparison: a factory for tefillin, or phylacteries; a bakeshop called Herby’s; and some workshops for aluminum and carpentry.
Yishai Babad was in the ninth family to arrive, and he set up a factory that makes tefillin — small leather phylacteries containing verses from the Torah.
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