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Phylactery

noun
(pl. phylacteries)
1.
(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.  Synonym: tefillin.






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