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massorete

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Mas⋅so⋅rete

  [mas-uh-reet]
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Masorete.

Mas⋅o⋅rete

  [mas-uh-reet]
–noun
1. one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
2. a person who is versed in the Masorah.
Also, Massorete, Mas⋅o⋅rite  [mas-uh-rahyt] .

Origin:
1580–90; earlier mas(s)oreth < Heb māsōreth, with ending conformed to -ete (< Gk -ētēs; see exegete ) or -ite 1
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massorete

noun
a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah) [syn: Masorete] 
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