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Pentateuch, the(dictionary)

Pentateuch (iou)



Pentateuch noun. LME.
[ecclesiastical Latin pentateuchus from ecclesiastical Greek pentateukhos use as noun of adjective, formed as PENTA- + teukhos implement, vessel, (later) book.]
The first five books of the Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, traditionally ascribed to Moses, taken together as a group. LME.
Samaritan Pentateuch: see SAMARITAN adjective.
transf. A volume consisting of five books or sections. rare. M17.
Penta'teuchal adjective of, pertaining to, or contained in the Pentateuch M19.