Crossword clues for phylactery
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phylactery \Phy*lac"ter*y\, n.; pl. Phylacteries. [OE. filateri, OF. filatire, filatiere, F. phylact[`e]re, L. phylacterium, Gr. ?, fr. ? a watcher, guard, ? to watch, guard. Cf. Philatory.]
Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease.
A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer.
--Schaff-Herzog Encyc.Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "small leathern box containing four Old Testament texts," from Old French filatiere (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin philaterium, from Late Latin phylacterium "reliquary," from Greek phylacterion "safeguard, amulet," noun use of neuter of adjective phylakterios "serving as a protection," from phylakter "watcher, guard," from phylassein "to guard or ward off," from phylax (genitive phylakos) "guard," of unknown origin. Sometimes worn on the forehead, based on a literal reading of scripture:Ye shall bind them [my words] for a sign upon your hands, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. [Deut. xi:18]
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Judaism English) Either of the two small leather cases, containing biblical scrolls, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer; the tefilla. 2 Any small object worn for its magical or supernatural power; an amulet or charm.
WordNet
n. (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer [syn: tefillin]
Wikipedia
Phylactery may refer to:
- An amulet or charm, worn for its supposed magical or supernatural power
- A speech scroll in mediaeval art, which contains or represents speech
- Tefillin, boxes containing Torah verses worn by some Jews when praying
Usage examples of "phylactery".
Like Gromph, Yasraena would know that the lichdrow was not fully dead until and unless his phylactery was destroyed.
He thought it unlikely that the lichdrow would have shared the location of his phylactery with Yasraena.
She knew that the undead wizard would reincorporate in only a matter of hours so long as his phylactery remained safe.
Unfortunately, no one seemed to know exactly where the phylactery might be.
When I have the phylactery, I will contact you again and provide evidence of its destruction.
House to House Baenre by finding and destroying the phylactery even while House Agrach Dyrr is under siege by the Xorlarrin.
If she did in fact locate the phylactery, she was undecided whether she would honor the terms of the deal or instead safeguard it until the lichdrow could reincorporate.
She had no decision to make if her House fell to the Xorlarrin or Gromph Baenre found the phylactery before her.
Of course it was also possible that the phylactery was not in the stalagmite fortress at all.
All of them understood the implication: Yasraena did not have the phylactery in her possession, and she too thought it was hidden somewhere in the House.
The lichdrow would not have allowed the phylactery to be far from him.
If he did not find the phylactery soon, he would have to rest, restudy his spellbooks, re-memorize the incantations that slipped from his fatigued mind one by one as he cast them.
Getting through the anti-scrying wards and finding the phylactery had been the easier of his two tasks.
She needed to locate the phylactery and decide whether she would honor her bargain with Triel.
Her House had only days left to live, unless she found the phylactery and arranged a peace.