Mahdi
noun
the Muslim messiah, an expected spiritual and temporal ruler destined to establish a reign of righteousness throughout the world.
Mahdism
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a word derived from
Mahdi.
Example Sentences
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At a swinging gait came the vast army of Mahdism.
From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Burleigh, Bennet
Mahdism was unknown to primitive Islam, no trace of it occurring in the Koran.
From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop
Wingate's Mahdism, chaps. i.-iii., for the rise of the Mahdi and his triumph over Hicks.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland
With the defeat and flight of Abdullah, Mahdism became a thing of the past.
From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Burleigh, Bennet
Mahdism is at an end, and now our object will be to restore peace and prosperity to the land.
From With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
