Mahometism

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Ma`hom´et`ism

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Morgan served as vice-consul in Algiers sometime from 1700-1720 (Mahometism Fully Explained A2r).

The 1609 expulsion of the Moriscos in early modern British thought

Margaret's solitary wanderings around the desolate old house lead to an obsession with the teachings of Mahometism, as explained in a book she discovers in the library.

Spellbinding London: Charles Lamb's "Ella" and the old country house

Moreover, the "Mahometan Religion teacheth us, that GOD is carried about in Heaven in a Seat: What an absurd Notion is this of GOD!" (55) Presbyterian Samuel Davies of Virginia had an expansive view of the eschatological spread of the gospel that included the conversion of Muslims, as it "shall triumph over heathenism, Mahometism, Judaism, popery, and all those dangerous errors that have infected the Christian church." (56)