Mohammedanism

American  

[moo-ham-i-dn-iz-uhm, moh-] / mʊˈhæm ɪ dnˌɪz əm, moʊ- /

noun

1. Muhammadanism; Islam.

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Mohammedanism British  

/ məʊˈhæmɪdəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. a name, formerly common in Western usage but never used among Muslims, for the Muslim religion; Islam See Islam

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Etymology

Origin of Mohammedanism

Mohammedan + -ism

Example Sentences

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Mohammedanism

In his autobiography, Franklin wrote that even if the Mufti of Constantinople were to send a missionary to preach Mohammedanism to us, he would find a pulpit at his service.”

From US News ● Jan. 27, 2015

Of all the religions he had looked over, Ayres liked Mohammedanism best as an ideal faith for world brotherhood.

From Time Magazine Archive

He added, "Even if the Mufti of Constantinople were to send a missionary to preach Mohammedanism to us, he would find a pulpit at his service."

From Time Magazine Archive

Until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, local emirs continued to rule, and Mohammedanism was not interfered with.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the Dutch used to send to the Cape Colony, as a place of banishment, many wealthy and influential Malay families, by whom the first germs of Mohammedanism were introduced into South Africa.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Karl Ritter von Scherzer