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De - Pt| English Dictionary: phylacteries | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for phylacteries | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Phylactery \Phy*lac"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Phylacteries}. [OE. filateri, OF. filatire, filatiere, F. phylact[8a]re, L. phylacterium, Gr. [?], fr. [?] a watcher, guard, [?] to watch, guard. Cf. {Philatory}.] 1. Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease. 2. 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. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc. 3. Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Phylacteries (Gr. phulakteria; i.e., "defences" or "protections"), called by modern Jews tephillin (i.e., "prayers") are mentioned only in Matt. 23:5. They consisted of strips of parchment on which were inscribed these four texts: (1.) Ex. 13:1-10; (2.) 11-16; (3.) Deut. 6:4-9; (4.) 11:18-21, and which were enclosed in a square leather case, on one side of which was inscribed the Hebrew letter shin, to which the rabbis attached some significance. This case was fastened by certain straps to the forehead just between the eyes. The "making broad the phylacteries" refers to the enlarging of the case so as to make it conspicuous. (See {FRONTLETS}.) Another form of the phylactery consisted of two rolls of parchment, on which the same texts were written, enclosed in a case of black calfskin. This was worn on the left arm near the elbow, to which it was bound by a thong. It was called the "Tephillah on the arm." | |
| From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
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Phylacteries, things to be especially observed | |
