Maimonides

[ mahy-mon-i-deez ]

noun

1. Moses ben MaimonRaMBaM, 1135–1204, Jewish scholastic philosopher and rabbi, born in Spain: one of the major theologians of Judaism.

Maimonides

/ maɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz /

noun

1. Maimonides11351204MJewishSpanishPHILOSOPHY: philosopherMEDICINE: physicianLAW: jurist also called Rabbi Moses ben Maimon. 1135–1204, Jewish philosopher, physician, and jurist, born in Spain. He codified Jewish law in Mishneh Torah (1180)

Derived Forms

• Maiˌmoniˈdean, adjectivenoun

Other Words From

• Mai·moni·dean adjective noun

Example Sentences

The resulting paper, awaiting publication by the AAP’s journal, says that 295 children tested positive for RSV at Maimonides from March through early May, with a median age of 6 months.

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She had enrolled at Maimonides University in North Miami Beach in order to work towards a degree in clinical sexology.

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Most well-known among them was the Maimonides Synagogue, which was flooded after the 1992 earthquake and reopened in 2010.

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And it is not his writings on Maimonides that the hip religious youth are reading.

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They owned books by an English scholar, Henry Ainsworth, who used the Jewish philosopher Maimonides to show that this was so.

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Maimonides fled from Spain to Cairo, in Egypt, from fanaticism and persecution.

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Maimonides died at the age of seventy years, and his remains were interred at Cairo, Egypt.

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The monarch considered Maimonides so much superior to the others that he made for him a special position.

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Maimonides simplified the Talmudical rules and traditions, making them clear to the comprehension of all.

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The king was grieved and surprised, and Maimonides, struck dumb with amazement, was unable to say a word.

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