tefillin
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te·fil·lin
(tə-fĭl′ĭn, -fē-lēn′)pl.n. Judaism
The phylacteries.
[Mishnaic Hebrew təpillîn, pl. of təpillâ, prayer, from Hebrew hitpallēl, to pray; see pll in Semitic roots.]
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te•fil•lin
(təˈfɪl ɪn; Heb. tə fiˈlin)n.pl. Judaism.
the phylacteries.
[1605–15; < Hebrew təphillīn, akin to təphillāh prayer]
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tefillin
Small black boxes containing scriptures and worn on the forehead and left arm.
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| 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 prayerJudaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud reminder - a message that helps you remember something; "he ignored his wife's reminders" |
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