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Ge⋅ma⋅ra

  [guh-mahr-uh; Seph. Heb. guh-mah-rah; Ashk. Heb. guh-maw-ruh]
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–noun
1. the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.
2. the Talmud.
Related forms:
Ge⋅ma⋅ric, adjective
Ge⋅ma⋅rist, noun
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Ge·ma·ra   (gə-mär'ə, -môr'ə)   
n.  The second part of the Talmud, consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishnah.

[Aramaic gəmārā, completion, from gəmar, to complete; see gmr in Semitic roots.]
Ge·ma'ric adj., Ge·ma'rist n.
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