jehad
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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We have laughed at the Holy War, the jehad that old Von der Goltz prophesied.
From Greenmantle by Buchan, John
The city was simply swarming with budmashes, and it was said that the priests had begun to preach a jehad against the British raj.
From The Keeper of the Door by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
They have the air and appearance of devotees, men set aside, roaming preachers of a jehad whose meaning they have forgotten.
From Letters from America by Brooke, Rupert
Your ancestors conquered this area less than two centuries ago in a jehad led by Othman Dan.
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
The Cabul Sirdars sided with the disaffected soldiery, and urged the Ameer to raise his banner for a jehad or religious war, a measure for which he had no nerve.
From The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 by Forbes, Archibald
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