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something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
- he wore a small phylactery on a cord around his neck
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“Phylactery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phylactery. Accessed 7 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of phylactery was in the 14th century
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