Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem;
2.
an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity;
[syn: Ezra, Book of Ezra]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ezra
n 1: a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to
restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem
2: an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th
century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in
Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity [syn: Ezra, Book
of Ezra]