phylacter

English

Noun

phylacter (plural phylacters)

1. Obsolete form of phylactery.
   • 1636, George Sandys, Christ's Passion (Annotations)

     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 elbows

References

• “phylacter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Welsh

Alternative forms

• phylacteri, (preferred spelling of Geiriadur yr Academi) ffylacter

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin phylactērium (“phylactery”), from Ancient Greek φῠλᾰκτήρῐον (phŭlăktḗrĭon, “amulet”).

Noun

phylacter f (plural phylacterau, not mutable)

1. (rare, Judaism, chiefly in the plural) phylactery

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “phylacterau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies