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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Torah  \To"rah\,  Tora  \To"ra\,  n.;  pl  {Toroth}.  [Heb. 
  t[=o]r[=a]h.]  (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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Torah 
  n  :  the  first  of  three  divisions  of  the  Hebrew  Scriptures 
  comprising  the  first  five  books  of  the  Old  Testament 
  considered  as  a  unit  [syn:  {Pentateuch},  {Torah},  {Laws}] 




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