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Definition of: Pentateuch
(pen′tə·tk, -tyk) noun
The first five books of the Bible taken collectively. [<LL pentateuchus <Gk. pentateuchos (biblos) (the book) of five books <pente five + teuchos a book, orig. an implement, vessel]
—Pen′ta·teuch′al adjective
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