TEFILLIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tefillin mean? 

• TEFILLIN (noun)
  The noun TEFILLIN has 1 sense:

1. (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

  Familiarity information: TEFILLIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEFILLIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

phylactery; tefillin

Hypernyms ("tefillin" is a kind of...):

reminder (a message that helps you remember something)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)