mishnah

English Thesaurus

1. the first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about AD 200 (noun.communication)

instance hypernym	:	religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing,
definition	:	writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	talmud,
definition	:	the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism (noun.communication)