TORA

To"rah, To"ra, n.; pl. Toroth (#). [Heb. torah.] (Jewish Lit.) (a) A law; a precept.

A considerable body of priestly Toroth. S. R. Driver.

(b) Divine instruction; revelation.

Tora, . . . before the time of Malachi, is generally used of the revelations of God's will made through the prophets. T. K. Cheyne.

(c) The Pentateuch or "Law of Moses."

The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The Torah, "Law," or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the "Writings," generally termed Hagiographa. C. H. H. Wright.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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17 November 2024

MONASTICISM

(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience


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