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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024phy•lac•ter•y (fi lak′tə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ter•ies. - Judaismeither of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- Religion(in the early Christian church) a receptacle containing a holy relic.
- an amulet, charm, or safeguard against harm or danger.
- Medieval Latin philatērium, for Late Latin, as above
- Greek phylakté̄rion outpost, safeguard, amulet, equivalent. to phylak-, stem of phylássein to protect, guard + -tērion noun, nominal suffix denoting place; replacing Middle English philaterie
- Late Latin phylactērium
- 1350–1400;
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