Mohammedan

plural Mohammedans · alternative Muhammadan · alternative Mahometan · alternative Mahomedan · alternative Mahommedan · alternative Muhammedan · alternative Mohamedan · alternative Muhamedan · alternative Mohametan · alternative Mahommetan · alternative Mohammetan · alternative Moohummudan

1. now largely obsolete and offensiveMuslim.

   Mohammedan prisoners shall be allowed to observe the fast of Ramadan and during the fast shall be required to labour at such reduced task as the Medical Officer considers proper.

   Rule 45, Prison Rules (Cap. 234, sub. leg. A)

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   MOSQUE (Fr. mosquée, from Sp. mezquita, from Ar. masjid, temple, from sajada, to prostrate one's self, to pray). A Mohammedan house of prayer and worship. Examples of these buildings are found wherever the Mohammedan faith has prevailed, from Spain to India and Turkestan.

   1905, “Mosque”, in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company

alternative Muhammadan · alternative Mahometan · alternative Mahomedan · alternative Mahommedan · alternative Muhammedan · alternative Mohamedan · alternative Muhamedan · alternative Mohametan · alternative Mahommetan · alternative Mohammetan · alternative Moohummudan

1. not comparablenow largely obsolete and offensiveMuslim, Islamic.

   At the principal stations there are also separate Hindu and Mohemmedan refreshment rooms, and some mail trains have compartments reserved for Indian tea and sweetmeat vendors.

   1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 119

2. not comparableRelating to Mohammed.