phyla

a. Wearing a phylactery. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to phylacteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Phylacteries [ OE. filateri, OF. filatire, filatiere, F. phylactère, L. phylacterium, Gr. fylakth`rion, fr. fylakth`r a watcher, guard, fyla`ssein to watch, guard. Cf. Philatory. ] 1. Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fyla`ssein to guard + karpo`s fruit. ] (Zool.) A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. fyla`ssein to guard + laimo`s the gullet. ] (Zool.) An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Phylactolæma. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Phylactolæma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. phylarchus, Gr. &unr_;. See Phyle, and -arch. ] (Gr. Antiq.) The chief of a phyle, or tribe. [ 1913 Webster ]