Meanings
plural Azoaras
- obsoleteIslamsura (chapter of the Qurʾān)
Mahomet frequently upbraids the Christians with these controversies; particularly in Azoara xxvi. xxxii.
1814, Hugo Grotius, translated by Spencer Madan, An English Translation of the Six Books of Hugo Grotius, on the Truth of Christianity […] , page 4042 more examples
Now let us see the Doctrine contained in this booke […] naming the Chapter or Azoara, where the Reader may finde each sentence.
1626, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimage; Or, Relations of the World and the Religions […] , page 251Lastly, as we have the joint assent of Jews and Gentiles, so of Mahomet himself, in the Azoara's of his Law, which give suffrage to the Evangelical Writings.
1693, John Edwards, A Discourse concerning the Authority, Stile and Perfection of the Old and New Testament […] , pages 408–409
Origin
- Medieval Latinazoara
- EnglishAzoara
From Medieval Latin azoara.
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