Torah \To"rah\, Tora \To"ra\, n.; pl. Toroth. [Heb. t[=o]r[=a]h.]

(Jewish Lit.)
   (a) A law; a precept.

A considerable body of priestly Toroth. --S. R. Driver.
   (b) Divine instruction; revelation.

Tora, . . . before the time of Malachi, is generally used of the revelations of God's will made through the prophets. --T. K. Cheyne.
   (c) The Pentateuch or ``Law of Moses.''

The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The Torah, ``Law,'' or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the ``Writings,'' generally termed Hagiographa. --C. H. H. Wright.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)