Mahometan
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of Mahometan
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Once upon a time, a Rajput landholder; a bhumia, and a Mahometan jaghirdar, were next-door neighbours in Ajmir territory.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
On this street may be seen the churches of several dissenting sects, such as Roman Catholics, Protestants, Armenians, and a Mahometan mosque.
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou
We have Natural religion, Pagan religion, Hindoo religion, Jewish religion, Christian religion, and Mahometan religion.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger
Amongst the indispensable rules of the Mahometan faith, ablution is one of the chief.
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by William Beckford
The question referred to his having become a Mahometan, but at first it was not clear to Napoleon what she meant.
From Napoleon's Young Neighbor by Helen Leah Reed
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