Pĕn’ta-teūch, n.

(-tŭk), n. [Gr. πεντάτευχος, from πέντε, five, and τεῦχος, a tool, implement, a book, from τεύχειν, to prepare, make ready; Lat. Pentateuchus, pentateuchum, It. & Sp. pentateuco, Fr. pentateuque.] The first five books of the Old Testament.