Jehad

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jihad \Ji*had"\, Jehad \Je*had"\, n. [Ar. jih[=a]d.] (Moham.)
     A religious war against infidels or Mohammedan heretics;
     also, any bitter war or crusade for a principle or belief.
  
           [Their] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the
           Mohammedan dervishes of the Sudan, or of Mohammedans


           anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the
           promise of future bliss behind it.       --James Bryce.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jehad \jehad\ n.
     Same as {jihad}.
  
     Syn: jihad.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jehad
       n 1: a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels [syn: {jihad},
            {international jihad}]
       2: a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or
          spiritual or political goal [syn: {jihad}]