tefillin

te·fil·lin  (t-fln, -f-ln)

pl.n. Judaism

The phylacteries.

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[Hebrew tpillîn, pl. of tpillâ, prayer, from Hebrew hitpalll, to pray; see pll in Semitic roots.]

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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 prayer phylactery Judaism - 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"