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† phyˈlacter Obs.
[a. Gr. ϕυλακτήρ guard: cf. F. phylactère: see next.]
= phylactery.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 225 Their Phylacters..serving as Locall memories of the Law. 1604Drayton Owl 621 Then of his knowledge in the cabalist,..Then of Philacters what their vertue be. 1647Cleveland Char. Lond. Diurn. 44 Who place Religion in their Velam-eares; As in their Phylacters the Iewes did theirs. 1661Morgan Sph. Gentry ii. ii. 27 Ensigned with a Mytre,..and the Phylacters. [See phylactery 4.]
Hence † phyˈlactered ppl. a., furnished with a phylactery; in quot. fig.
1738M. Green Spleen 19 Who for the spirit hug the spleen, Phylacter'd throughout all their mien. |