Masoretic

adjective

Mas·​o·​ret·​ic

variants or Massoretic

¦⸗⸗¦retik

or less commonly Masoretical

-tə̇kəl

: of or relating to the Masorah, a vast body of notes on the occurrence of words, features of writing, directions for pronunciation, variant sources, and other textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, written in the margins and at the end of texts by Jewish scribes between about a.d. 600 and the middle of the 10th century

Word History

Etymology

masorete + -ic or -ical

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Rhymes for Masoretic

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