Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
Phylacterium .
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Examples
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These amulets were styled _ligamenta_, _ligaturæ_, or _phylacteria_, by the writers of the early Middle Ages.
Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence
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Moreover we know that the same St. Gregory sent to Theodolind, Queen of the Lombards, two phylacteria, -- the cases are still Preserved at
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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.... vel qui phylacteria conficit .... hi omnes et qui sunt similes his neque instruendi neque baptizandi sunt.
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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