əˈmōrə noun
( plural amo·ra·im ˌämōˈräˌim)
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Heb. ămōrā' (plural ămōrā'īm ) speaker, interpreter, from Aramaic āmōrā
: one of a group of rabbis (A.D. 250-500) who discussed the Mishnaic law in the law schools of Palestine and Mesopotamia and whose discussions are recorded in the Palestinian and Babylonian Talmuds — compare sabora , tanna