1. an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity; [syn: Ezra, Book of Ezra]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Book of Ezra
n 1: an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the
5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in
Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity [syn: Ezra,
Book of Ezra]