phylactery
/fəˈlæktəri/
noun
- A small leather box containing Hebrew texts, worn by Jewish men during morning prayer as a reminder of religious duties.
- Every morning, he puts on his phylactery before reciting the prayers.
- She watched her grandfather carefully wrap the phylactery straps around his arm.
- The museum displayed an ancient phylactery with handwritten scriptures inside.
- An object believed to provide magical protection or to contain a protective charm.
- The hero had to destroy the villain's phylactery to break the curse.
- In the fantasy novel, the wizard carried a phylactery that protected him from dark magic.
- Some ancient cultures buried a phylactery with the dead to guard their spirit.