phylacteries's Usage Examples:

20); (3) Tephillin (prayers, phylacteries); (4) the fringes (Num.

Beads and all kinds of amulets could be infused with magical power so as to be potent phylacteries to those who wore them.

Writers on biological subjects no longer have to waste space in weighing evolution against this or that philosophical theory or religious tradition; philosophical writers have frankly accepted it, and the supporters of religious tradition have made broad their phylacteries to write on them the new words.

That one of the earlier dates is correct seems probable from the fact that the Falashas know nothing of either the Babylonian or Jerusalem Talmud, make no use of phylacteries (tefillin), and observe neither the feast of Purim nor the dedication of the temple.