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Mason-Dixon Line
Mason jar
mason wasp
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masonic
Masonite
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Masorete
Masoretic text
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Masorete
Ma·sor·ete [ mássə rt ] (plural Ma·sor·etes) or Ma·sor·ite [ mássə rt ] (plural Ma·sor·ites)


noun 
Definition:
 
early Jewish scholar: any of the scholars who produced the Masoretic text
[Late 16th century. Via French or modern Latin Massoreta< a misuse of Hebrew māsōreṯ]

Mas·o·ret·ic [ màssə réttik ] adjective
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