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filakta

filakta is the plural of filakto.

Meaning of filakto

Noun

filakto (plural filakta)

  1. A sacramental (sacred sign) that is pinned to one's clothing in order to ward off Satan.
    • I crawled under the epitaphion, too, and Spiridoula tipped me off that people take flowers from the epitaphion home with them after the evening service to save as filakta — protective amulets.2004, Eleni N. Gage, North of Ithaka, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 68

Questions about filakta

What is filakta the plural of?
Filakta is the plural of filakto.

Words near filakta in the dictionary

  1. filagree
  2. filagreed
  3. filagreeing
  4. filagrees
  5. Filaidhoo
  6. filakta
  7. filakto
  8. filament
  9. filament of galaxies
  10. filament tape
  11. filament tapes

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