HyperDic: tefillin

English > 1 sense of the word tefillin:
NOUNcommunicationtefillin, phylactery(Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin)
English > tefillin: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning(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 prayer.
Synonymphylactery
CategoryJudaismThe monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
BroaderreminderA message that helps you remember something
Spanishfilacteria
Catalanfilacteri, talismà

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