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phylactery Definition
(n) (
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
phylactery Synonyms
phylactery
tefillin
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