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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mishna

Instruction. A word applied by the Jews to the oral law. It is divided into six parts: (1) agriculture; (2) Sabbaths, fasts, and festivals; (3) marriage and divorce; (4) civil and penal laws; (5) sacrifices; (6) holy persons and things. The commentary of the Mishna is called the Gemara. (Herbrew, shanah, to repeat.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Misnomers
Misfortune will never Leave Me till I Leave It
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