Dictionary entry

Masoretic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Mas′o‐ret″ic (?), Mas′o‐ret″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. massorétique.] Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors.

Masoretic points and accents, the vowel points and accents of the Hebrew text of the Bible, of which the first mention is in the Masora.