Definition of "tefilla"

tefilla

/təˈfɪlə/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural tefillot or tefilloth or tefillos or tefillin
1. (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.
2. (countable, uncountable) prayer.
  Quotations
  Chazal have said that the Ovos were childless, to induce them to daven for children, because Hashem longs for their tefilos.
  2000 August 31, [email protected], “MIDEI SHABBOS by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler - Shoftim”, in alt.religion.judaism.orthodox‎ (Usenet)