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phylactery noun

  /fəˈlæktəɹi/ , /fəˈlæktɹi/ , /fɪˈlæktəɹi/ , /fɪˈlæktɹi/
  • Either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible; a tefilla.
 phylactērium
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