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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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OLD LAW

Variously known as the books of the Old Testament, the Old Covenant, or the Mosaic dispensation. The religious rites, institutions, laws, and traditional customs that prevailed among the Jews prior to the coming of Jesus Christ.

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