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mishnayoth

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Mish⋅nah

[Eng., Ashk. Heb. mish-nuh; Seph. Heb. meesh-nah]
–noun, plural Mish⋅na⋅yoth, Mish⋅na⋅yot, Mish⋅na⋅yos [Eng., Ashk. Heb. mish-nuh-yohs; Seph. Heb. meesh-nah-yawt] , English. Mish⋅nahs. 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.


Origin:
1600–10; < Medieval Heb mishnāh lit., teaching by oral repetition


Mish⋅na⋅ic [mish-ney-ik] , Mishnic, Mish⋅ni⋅cal, adjective
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