Deuteronomy
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Deu·ter·on·o·my

noun \ˌdü-tə-ˈrä-nə-mē also ˌdyü-\

Definition of DEUTERONOMY

: the fifth book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture containing narrative and Mosaic laws — see bible table

Origin of DEUTERONOMY

Middle English Deutronomie, from Late Latin Deuteronomium, from Greek Deuteronomion, from deuter- + nomos law — more at nimble

Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

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