madrasah

American  

[muh-dras-uh] / məˈdræs ə /

Or madrasa,

noun

Islam.

1. a school or college, especially a school attached to a mosque where young men study theology.

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madrasah British  

/ məˈdrɛseɪ, ˈmɑːdræsə, məˈdræsə /

noun

1. Islam an educational institution, particularly for Islamic religious instruction

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Etymology

Origin of madrasah

From Arabic

Example Sentences

Click on the claim that Obama attended a "radical madrasah," for instance, and it takes you to a CNN feature on the very ordinary-looking elementary school he actually went to as a child in Indonesia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Within a few years, the Markaz had expanded to include a madrasah, separate schools for boys and girls, a free hospital and a university.

From Time Magazine Archive

Iltimas recalls lying next to Lindh on their separate cots at night, talking about opening a madrasah in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

More raids and arrests followed, and these led police to the Sungei Tiram madrasah, which was shut down in May 2001.

From Time Magazine Archive

With a wisdom far in advance of his time, he planned to educate the followers of Shi'aism by the introduction of madrasah mosques and colleges.

From Travels in the Far East by Peck, Ellen Mary Hayes