1. the first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about AD 200; [syn: Mishna, Mishnah]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Mishnah
n 1: the first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral
interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about
AD 200 [syn: Mishna, Mishnah]