Mosaic

Of the lawgiver

Mosaic means of or relating to Moses, the biblical prophet: Mosaic law, the Mosaic covenant.

The term appears in religious and historical contexts discussing the laws and traditions attributed to Moses in the Hebrew Bible. (Lowercase mosaic is an art form or pattern.)

historical

ancient

Very old indeed

attribution · dispensation · epoch · era · code · ordinances · statutes · precepts

biblical

law

Binding principle or regulation

commandments · Sinai · tablets · revelation · prophetic · scriptural · Deuteronomy · Exodus · Leviticus · Numbers

religious

Judaic

Of Hebrew religion

patriarchal · Abrahamic · theocratic · priestly · rabbinical

Categories
Opposites
biblical covenant/law

MosaicNew Covenant

Christian theological agreement

Christian · gospel · Pauline · New Testament · pagan

artistic composition method

Mosaicmonolithic

Massive and undifferentiated

solid · continuous · seamless · unbroken · fresco

compositional unity

Mosaichomogeneous

Alike in composition throughout

uniform · monolithic · unified · seamless · consistent

Phrases
Family

music, museum, muse

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G