Mishnah

Mishnah
Mishnaic /mish nay"ik/, Mishnic, Mishnical, adj.
Eng., Ashk. Heb. /mish"neuh/; Seph. Heb. /meesh nah"/, n., pl. Mishnayoth, Mishnayot, Mishnayos Eng., Ashk. Heb. /mish'neuh yohs"/; Seph. Heb. /meesh nah yawt"/, Eng. Mishnahs. Judaism.
1. the collection of oral laws compiled about A.D. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
2. an article or section of this collection.
Also, Mishna.
[1600-10; < Medieval Heb mishnah lit., teaching by oral repetition]

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