The word phylactery comes from a word signifying to keep, preserve, or guard. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
Those ribbons got the name of phylactery, borrowed from the Greek word for the containers for small scrolls of Hebrew scripture. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Anon 3:30, I hope that he does not get his phylactery caught up in the spokes. From Wordnik.com. [The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Bike Month Round-Up] Reference
Like a phylactery is just basically something that you transferred meaning to, like, you know, just a symbol. From Wordnik.com. [In from the Cold with White Hinterland] Reference
The alacrity with which my beloved allowed Lubavitcher man to strap the black phylactery on took me by surprise. From Wordnik.com. [Michele Somerville: Chelsea and Marc: Their Mixed Marriage, a Mixed Blessing] Reference
If you treating the horcruxes as one might treat the phylactery of a D&D Lich, the rules for his dealing with them seem obvious. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Lord Voldemort and the Evil Overlord List:] Reference
‘Why, to bear on their faces, as plainly as on a phylactery, the inscription, “Do, pray, look at the coronet on my panels.”’. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference
Well if NYC cyclist keep an eye out, you can't hide phylactery under a long sleeve jersey, well maybe he wears a old 'hairnet' helmet to pass. From Wordnik.com. [The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Bike Month Round-Up] Reference
It is inscribed on a phylactery, in the following manner. From Wordnik.com. [Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers] Reference
He was expected to wear a phylactery on his forehead inscribed. From Wordnik.com. [Captivity] Reference
The phylactery consists of two leather boxes with straps attached. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories] Reference
Example: James from Twilight, a lich looking for its phylactery, Freddy. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference
Perhaps you had to take the phylactery to the Prince in Dire Maul or to Nat Pagle. From Wordnik.com. [WoW.com] Reference
If pressed, could you spell syzygy or capybara, phylactery or omphaloskepsis or acouchi?. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
What you lack is only a thing of man's invention -- a quibble, a bauble, a Pharisee's phylactery. From Wordnik.com. [Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida] Reference
Those who researched the religious item learned that the phylactery boxes contain prayers inside them. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories] Reference
I do not know how Kirstie became convinced that, whoever or whatever the enemy might be, Mr. Johnstone was the phylactery. From Wordnik.com. [Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales] Reference
When the alarmed passenger saw the phylactery, he alerted the crew, and the plane was immediately diverted to Philadelphia. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories] Reference
'Why, to bear on their faces, as plainly as on a phylactery, the inscription, "Do, pray, look at the coronet on my panels."'. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference
The Pharisees wore the arm phylactery above the elbow, while their rivals, the Sadducees, fastened it to the palm of the hand (see Exo. From Wordnik.com. [Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern] Reference
Becoming a lich is a pretty good prospect for the less-than-sane casters in Azeroth (and phylactery safe. From Wordnik.com. [WoW.com] Reference
That stern phylactery best becomes thee now. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 09: the Iron Gate and Other Poems] Reference
3. phylactery. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
222. file://localhost/ccel/easton/ebd2. p.html? term = phylactery. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
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