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MASSORETE

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Overview

MASSORETE (noun)
  The noun MASSORETE has 1 sense:

1. a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


MASSORETE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Masorete; Masorite; Massorete

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

bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)


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