postmishnic

Mish·nah

[English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mish-nuh; Sephardic Hebrew meesh-nah]
noun, plural Mish·na·yoth, Mish·na·yot, Mish·na·yos [English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mish-nuh-yohs; Sephardic Hebrew 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, Mish·na.

Origin:
1600–10; < Medieval Hebrew mishnāh literally, teaching by oral repetition

Related forms
Mish·na·ic [mish-ney-ik] , Mish·nic, Mish·ni·cal, adjective
post-Mish·na·ic, adjective
post-Mish·nic, adjective
post-Mish·ni·cal, adjective
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mishnah

noun
the first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about AD 200 [syn: Mishna] 
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