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Deuteronomy  From Deuteronomion Nomos Book Laws From  Merriam Webster's

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Deu·ter·on·o·my

 \\ˌdü-tə-ˈrä-nə-mē also ˌdyü-\\ noun
 ETYMOLOGY  Middle English Deutronomie, from Late Latin Deuteronomium, from Greek Deuteronomion, from deuter- + nomos law — more at 
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: the fifth book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture containing narrative and Mosaic laws — see 
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English Etymology
Deuteronomy
  1388, from Gk. Deuteronomion, lit. "second law," from deuteros"second" + nomos "law" (see numismatics). A mistranslation of Heb. mishneh hattorah hazzoth "a copy of this law." The book is a repetition, with comments, of the Decalogue and most of the laws of Exodus.

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