Torah

['tɔrə,'təu-,təu'rɑ:]

Definition

(noun.) (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services.

(noun.) the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit.

(noun.) the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition.

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Definition

n. the Mosaic law: the book of the law the Pentateuch.—Also Thō′rah.

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