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Meaning of phylacter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/fɪˈlæktə/

Definitions

Synonym of phylactery.

obsolete

Examples

“Men full of appearing sanctity , observant to traditions , and skilful expositors of the Mosaical Law , wearing the precepts thereof in phylacters (narrow scrolls of parchment) bound about their brows and above their left elbows”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

phylactery phylactic phylactocarp phylactolaemate phylarch phylarchy