filakto means A sacramental (sacred sign) that is pinned to one's clothing in order to ward off Satan. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 75 out of 100.
Why this word is great
FILAKTO — [Noun] A sacramental amulet, typically a small cloth pouch or embroidered square, pinned to clothing in Eastern Orthodox Christian practice to ward off evil. Borrowed from Greek φυλακτό (fylachtó), from φυλάσσω (phylássō, "to guard, protect"). Unlike a "talisman," a broad and often secular object for luck, or a "scapular," a Western Christian garment denoting a specific devotional vow, the filakto is a pinpoint of ecclesiastically-sanctioned grace. It is the faint scent of beeswax and incense trapped in a wool square pinned inside a child's coat; the comforting weight, no heavier than a coin, against the breastbone of a traveler; the sun-faded thread of a saint’s face guarding the chest of a farmer bent over his field—a tactile covenant against the unseen, a stitch against the vast unravelling.
noun
- A sacramental (sacred sign) that is pinned to one's clothing in order to ward off Satan.“I crawled under the epitaphion, too, and Spiridoula tipped me off that people take flowers from the epitaphion home with them after the evening service to save as filakta — protective amulets.”