1. a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died; [syn: Ruth, Book of Ruth]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Book of Ruth
n 1: a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth
who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and
who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband
died [syn: Ruth, Book of Ruth]