Ommiad

/ (əʊˈmaɪæd) /

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noun plural -ads or -ades (-əˌdiːz)

a variant spelling of Omayyad

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Words nearby Ommiad

Omiya, OMM, ommateum, ommatidium, ommatophore, Ommiad, omn. bih., omn. hor., omni-, omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis, omnia vincit amor

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How to use Ommiad in a sentence

End of the Ommiad and rise of the Abbasside dynasty of caliphs; all the family of the former, except Abderrahman, put to death.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 4|Various
A multitude of petty Moorish States disputed with each other the heritage of the Ommiad caliphs.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 9|Various