Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease.
Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer..
Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed..
Phylactocarp :: Phylactocarp (n.) A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.
Phylactolaemata :: Phylactolaemata (n. pl.) An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians..