HyperDic: mosaic_law

English > 1 sense of the expression Mosaic law:
NOUNgroupMosaic law, Law of Mosesthe laws (beginning with the Ten Commandments) that God gave to the Israelites / Israelites through Moses
English > Mosaic law: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningThe laws (beginning with the Ten Commandments) that God gave to the Israelites / Israelites through Moses; it includes many rules of religious observance given in the first five books of the Old Testament (in Judaism these books are called the Torah).
SynonymLaw of Moses
Broaderlaw, jurisprudenceThe collection of rules imposed by authority

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