Amulet phylactery Synonyms

Definitions for Amulet


  • (noun) something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
  • (noun) a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease

Definitions for Phylactery


  • (noun) something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
  • (noun) (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer