Phylactery.
Short portions of the law written on strips of parchment, which were placed in a case made of calf skin, and worn upon the forehead and the left arm, supposed to be in obedience to Deuteronomy 6:8; Deuteronomy 11:18. The Pharisees and scribes made them large to attract attention; it was their being made 'broad' that was condemned by the Lord. Matthew 23:5. In later times they were worn as a sort of charm. See FRONTLET.