Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 : WordNet®

Torah
     n 1: the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition
          including the oral tradition
     2: the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
        comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
        considered as a unit [syn: {Pentateuch}, {Laws}]
     3: (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five
        books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a
        synagogue during services