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mishnah
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mishnah has 1 sense
- mishnah(n = noun.communication) mishna - the first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about AD 200; Array is a kind of religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing
is a part of talmud
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mishnah, n. a collection of precepts forming the basis of the Talmud, and embodying Jewish oral law.
Derivative
Mishnaic adj.
Etymology
Heb. misnah (teaching by) repetition
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