Associations to the word «Phylactery»
Noun
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Wiktionary
PHYLACTERY, noun. (Judaism) Either of the two small leather cases, containing biblical scrolls, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer; the tefilla.
PHYLACTERY, noun. Any small object worn for its magical or supernatural power; an amulet or charm.
Dictionary definition
PHYLACTERY, noun. (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.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.