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  • 41Torah — Synonyms and related words: Apocrypha, Chumash, Hagiographa, Hexateuch, Major Prophets, Nebiim, Octateuch, Old Testament, Pentateuch, Sefer Torah, Tenach, Torah scroll, Virginal, breviary, canon, church book, euchologion, euchology, farse,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 42Torah — Tor|ah [ˈto:rə] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Hebrew; Origin: torah law, teaching ] the Torah the traditional writings and principles of Judaism, especially the first five books of the Jewish Bible …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 43Torah — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 44Torah — noun Etymology: Hebrew tōrāh Date: 1577 1. the body of wisdom and law contained in Jewish Scripture and other sacred literature and oral tradition 2. the five books of Moses constituting the Pentateuch 3. a leather or parchment scroll of the… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 45torah — to·rah s.f.inv. ES ebr. {{wmetafile0}} TS relig. spec. con iniz. maiusc., nell ebraismo, dottrina rivelata da Dio a Mosè sul Sinai, contenuta nei libri del Pentateuco | i cinque libri del Pentateuco Sinonimi: legge. {{line}} {{/line}} VARIANTI:… …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 46Torah portion — weekly reading of a section of the Torah …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 47Torah portion of sacrifices — section of the Torah dealing with the laws and procedure of sacrifice …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 48Torah — [ tɔ:rα:, tɔ: rα:] noun (in Judaism) the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the Pentateuch. Origin from Heb. tōrāh instruction, doctrine, law , from yārāh show, instruct …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 49Torah — To•rah or To•ra [[t]ˈtoʊr ə, ˈtɔr ə[/t]] hebr. [[t]toʊˈrɑ[/t]] n. pl. rahs or ras (sometimes l.c.) 1) jud the Pentateuch 2) jud a parchment scroll on which the Pentateuch is written, used in synagogue services 3) jud the entire body of Jewish… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50Torah —    This word (from the Hebrew torah, meaning law or instruction ) refers to the Mosaic Law or Pentateuch, which includes the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy …

    Glossary of theological terms