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tefillin
te·fil·lin [ tə fíllin ]


plural noun 
Definition:
 
phylacteries: small leather boxes containing Hebrew texts ritually worn by Orthodox Jewish men.
See also  phylactery (sense 1)

[Early 17th century. < Aramaic tĕpillīn "prayers"]
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