Mahometan

American  

[muh-hom-i-tn] / məˈhɒm ɪ tn /

noun

Archaic.

1. Muslim.

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Mahometan British  

/ məˈhɒmɪtən /

noun

1. a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion

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Other Word Forms

• Mahometanism
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of Mahometan

First recorded in 1520–30; Mahomet + -an

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Example Sentences

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Mahometan

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

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

Morocco is full of these colleges, or rather lodging-houses of the students frequenting the mosques; for all Mahometan education is given in the mosque itself, only the preparatory work being done in the colleges.

From In Morocco by Edith Wharton

This latter blazon Boondi holds in commemoration of the defeat of an Imperial Prince who rebelled against the Delhi Throne in the days of Jehangir, when Boondi, for value received, took service under the Mahometan.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling

Or the supremacy of the Christian, Mahometan, or any other church?

From The Unconstitutionality of Slavery by Lysander Spooner

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