Islamite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Islamite
Example Sentences
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An Islamite sovereign would not be more oppressive than a Byzantine on the throne of Constantinople or a Persian on the throne of Ctesiphon.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
The ideas are mainly pre-Christian; the Brig o’ Dread occurs in Islamite and Iroquois belief, and in almost all mythologies the souls have to cross a River.
From A Collection of Ballads by Andrew Lang
A Tartar hymn by a Tartar servant, an Islamite, had no accompaniment, but the Freischütz was warmly encored.
From The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Andrew Lang
Among the members of that faith there is equality of right; and every Islamite, by his own industry and character, can enjoy that right in this land.
From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones
But, in regard to the whole chapter of savage Supreme Beings, we must, as Mr. Tylor advises, keep watching for Christian and Islamite contamination.
From The Making of Religion by Andrew Lang
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