AMORA (amoraim)

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Irregular inflected form: amoraim   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does amora mean? 

• AMORA (noun)
  The noun AMORA has 1 sense:

1. one of a group of rabbis (active AD 250-500) who discussed the Mishnaic law in the law schools of Palestine and Mesopotamia where they explained and applied earlier teachings and whose discussions are recorded in the Talmud; they emphasized the study of Torah and the importance of personal action and the fulfillment of the commandments

  Familiarity information: AMORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of a group of rabbis (active AD 250-500) who discussed the Mishnaic law in the law schools of Palestine and Mesopotamia where they explained and applied earlier teachings and whose discussions are recorded in the Talmud; they emphasized the study of Torah and the importance of personal action and the fulfillment of the commandments

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("amora" is a kind of...):

rabbi (spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law)