n.
1.a vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures including notes on features of writing and on the occurrence of certain words and on variant sources and instructions for pronunciation and other comments that were written between AD 600 and 900 by Jewish scribes in the margins or at the end of texts
Idiom of the Day
live down (something)
to remove blame or distrust by good conduct, to cause something to be forgiven by not repeating it
Our supervisor is trying to live down his reputation of being a difficult person to work for.