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Phylactery may refer to: *
Amulet An amulet, also known as a good luck charm or phylactery, is an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor. The word "amulet" comes from the Latin word , which Pliny's ''Natural History'' describes as "an object that protects a perso ...
, an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor * Phylactery (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' element *
Reliquary A reliquary (also referred to as a ''shrine'', ''Chasse (casket), chasse'', or ''phylactery'') is a container for relics. A portable reliquary, or the room in which one is stored, may also be called a ''feretory''. Relics may be the purported ...
, a container for relics *
Speech scroll In art history, a speech scroll (also called a banderole or phylactery). is an illustrative device denoting speech, song, or other types of sound. Developed independently on two continents, the device was in use by artists within Mesoamerican cu ...
, an illustrative device denoting speech, song, or other types of sound *
Tefillin Tefillin (Modern Hebrew language, Israeli Hebrew: / ; Ashkenazim, Ashkenazic pronunciation: ; Modern Israeli Hebrew, Modern Hebrew pronunciation: ), or phylacteries, are a set of small black leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls o ...
, a set of small black leather boxes with leather straps containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah


See also

* Hunping, translated as soul jar or soul vase, a type of Chinese ceramic funerary urn *
List of Mandaic manuscripts This article contains a list of Mandaic manuscripts, which are almost entirely Mandaean religious texts written in Classical Mandaic. Well-known Mandaean texts include the ''Ginza Rabba'' (also known as the ''Sidra Rabbā''), the ''Mandaean ...
* '' Phylactery Factory'', a 2008 album by Casey Dienel {{Disambiguation