September 22, 2006
phylactery
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DEFINITION: (noun) Either of two small leather boxes, each containing strips of parchment inscribed with quotations from the Hebrew Scriptures, one of which is strapped to the forehead and the other to the left arm; traditionally worn by Jewish men during morning worship, except on the Sabbath and holidays.
SYNONYMS: tefillin.
USAGE: Just before his bar mitzvah, his father took him to buy phylacteries.
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