Maimonides

American  

[mahy-mon-i-deez] / maɪˈmɒn ɪˌdiz /

noun

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

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Maimonides British  

/ maɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• Maimonidean
  adjective

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Maimonides

Eight hundred years ago, the philosopher Maimonides wrote that the supreme purpose of giving is to make charity itself unnecessary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Rabbi Yoni Fein, who heads a large Jewish day school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Brauser Maimonides Academy, said on Thursday that extra security was in place in anticipation of global protests on Friday.

From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2023

Maimonides and Richmond University medical centers struck tentative deals Jan. 4.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023

Working out of Maimonides Hospital and routinely sent out on emergency calls, he noticed that most heart attack deaths happened outside the hospital.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

A twelfth-century Jewish scholar, Moses Maimonides, described the Kalam—the beliefs of Islamic theologians—with horror.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife