a small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law 经文护符匣(装有羊皮希伯来经文的小皮盒,犹太男子晨祈时佩戴,用于提醒遵守戒律)
语源
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek phulaktērion 'amulet', from phulassein 'to guard'