Mohammedanism

[moo-ham-i-dn-iz-uh m, moh-]

noun

Muhammadanism; Islam.

Origin of Mohammedanism

Mohammedan + -ism

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Historical Examples of mohammedanism

Nothing can alter the fact that Mohammedanism has done a vast amount of good.
War Letters of a Public-School Boy
Paul Jones.
Christianity and Mohammedanism were at issue for the possession of Europe.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8
Various
Besides, it is clear that Mohammedanism is an offshoot of Zoroastrianism and Christianity.
Reincarnation
Th. Pascal
I might as well have tried to argue the Sultan out of Mohammedanism.
The Celebrity, Complete
Winston Churchill
But did not Mohammedanism produce227 some effect on the Arab mind?
Nineteenth Century Questions
James Freeman Clarke

British Dictionary definitions for mohammedanism

Mohammedanism

noun

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

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