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   phylactery

   /fɪˈlakt(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. a small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek phulaktērion ‘amulet’, from phulassein ‘to guard’.

   Scrabble Points: 23

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