‖ Gemara
(gɪˈmɑːrə)
[Aramaic g⊇mārā completion, f. g⊇mar to be complete.]
The later of the two portions of the Talmud, consisting of a commentary on the older part (the Mishna).
| 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 169 The Mischnaios, and Gemara made up the whole Talmud. 1659 Bp. Walton Consid. Considered 6 The Mishna and Gemara, which are the integral parts of both the Talmuds, one being as the Text, and the other as the Comment. 1877 C. Geikie Christ II. xxxvi. 64 The commentaries of the Rabbis, now embodied in the Mishna and Gemara. 1891 J. E. H. Thomson Bks. wh. infl. Our Lord i. x. 179 The Gemara is a commentary on the Mishna. |
Hence Geˈmaric a., of, pertaining to, or concerned with the Gemara.
| 1723 Mather Vind. Bible 217 The Gemarick doctors give this reason for it. 1882–3 D. Moore in Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2293 Rabbi Abina, who died in 498..is regarded as the last of the Gemaric doctors. |