phylactery

phylactery is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease. Face value is 23 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 23 · Words With Friends 23 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed.
4. 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

   Synonyms: tefillin

Synonyms

tefillin

Common word forms

phylacteried, phylacteries

Words from these letters

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