- Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger
or disease. - 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. - Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the
relics of the dead were inclosed.
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