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Mahometan [məˈhɒmɪtən] n & adj
(Non-Christian Religions / Islam) a former word for Muslim Mahometanism n Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The few Mahometan families, thinly scattered about the villages in the interior, are afraid to taste meat of any kind. Mahomet on his part was not idle; he solicited the assistance of the Mahometan princes, pressed them with all the motives of religion, and obtained a reinforcement of two thousand musketeers from the Arabs, and a train of artillery from the Turks. Nay," added he, "you yourself will allow it may exist independent of all but one: so will a Mahometan, a Jew, and all the maintainers of all the different sects in the world. |
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