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mishnah

Mish.nah or Mish.na \'mish-n*\ \mish-'na--ik\ n [Heb mishna-h instruction, 
   oral law] : the collection of Jewish halakic traditions compiled about A.D. 
   0  and made the basic half of the Talmud - Mish.na.ic aj