tefillin

te·fil·lin

T0083800 (tə-fĭl′ĭn, -fē-lēn′)pl.n. Judaism The phylacteries.

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[Mishnaic Hebrew təpillîn, pl. of təpillâ, prayer, from Hebrew hitpallēl, to pray; see pll in Semitic roots.]

te•fil•lin

(təˈfɪl ɪn; Heb. tə fiˈlin)

n.pl. Judaism. the phylacteries. [1605–15; < Hebrew təphillīn, akin to təphillāh prayer]

tefillin

Small black boxes containing scriptures and worn on the forehead and left arm.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tefillin - (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 prayerphylacteryJudaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmudreminder - a message that helps you remember something; "he ignored his wife's reminders"

Translations

filacteria