a compilation of precepts passed down as an oral tradition and collected by Judah ha-Nasi in the late second century ad. It forms the earlier part of the Talmud
See also Gemara
Derived forms
Mishnaic (mɪʃˈneɪɪk), Mishnic (ˈMishnic) or Mishnical (ˈMishnical)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from Hebrew: instruction by repetition, from shānāh to repeat