Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tefillin

1 sense of tefillin

Sense 1
phylactery, tefillin -- ((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)
       => reminder -- (a message that helps you remember something; "he ignored his wife's reminders")