phylacteries
Meaning of phylacteries
plural noun
a small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law.
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek phulaktērion ‘amulet’, from phulassein ‘to guard’.
Information about phylacteries
- It is a name.
- The singular form of phylacteries is: phylactery.
- Languages in which phylacteries is used:
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Hyphenation of phylacteries
phy-lac-ter-ies
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- phylacteries is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
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