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phylacters

phylacters is the plural of phylacter.

Meaning of phylacter

Noun

phylacter (plural phylacters)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of phylactery.
    • 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 elbows1636, George Sandys, Christ's Passion (Annotations)
    Synonyms:
    phylactery

Questions about phylacters

What is phylacters the plural of?
Phylacters is the plural of phylacter.

Words near phylacters in the dictionary

  1. phylactered
  2. phylacteric
  3. phylacterical
  4. phylacteried
  5. phylacteries
  6. phylacters
  7. phylactery
  8. phylactic
  9. phylactics
  10. phylactocarp
  11. phylactocarpal

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