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pentateuch

Pen.ta.teuch \'pent-*-.t(y)u:k\ n [LL Pentateuchus, fr. Gk Pentateuchos, 
   fr. penta- + teucho]s tool, vessel, book; akin to Gk teuchein to make - 
   more at DOUGHTY : the first five books of the Old Testament