1.a guarded post, a fort or castle, Hdt.: an outpost, Lat. statio, Thuc., Xen.
2.a safe-guard, preservative, Dem.; among the Jews φυλακτήρια were strips of parchment with texts from the Law written on them, used as amulets, NTest.
1 φυ^λακτήριον, ου, τό,
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