tefilla
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tefilla (countable and uncountable, plural tefillot or tefilloth or tefillos or tefillin)
- (countable, often in the plural) The Jewish phylactery, consisting of small boxes containing portions of the Torah worn most commonly during prayer by Jewish men and some Jewish women.
- Synonym: phylactery
- (Judaism, countable, uncountable) prayer.
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phylactery — see also phylactery
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- Jewish prayer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Borrowed from Hebrew תְּפִלָּה.
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tefilla f (plural tefillot)