MOSAIC LAW

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The laws (beginning with the Ten Commandments) that God gave to the Israelites through Moses; it includes many rules of religious observance given in the first five books of the Old Testament (in Judaism these books are called the Torah)

Synonyms:

Law of Moses; Mosaic law

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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Mosaic law" is a kind of...):

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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