n.
The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures.
[Middle English Pentateuke, from Late Latin Pentateuchus, from Greek Pentateukhos : penta-, penta- + teukhos, implement, vessel, scroll case.]
Pentateuchal Pen'ta·teuch'al adj.
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