Muhammadanism

2 definitions found

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

  Muhammadanism \Mu*ham"mad*an*ism\, n.
     Mohammedanism.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Muhammadanism
       n 1: the religion of Muslims collectively which governs their
            civilization and way of life; the predominant religion
            of northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan and
            Indonesia [syn: {Islam}, {Islamism}, {Muslimism}, {Mohammedanism},
             {Mohammadanism}]
       2: the monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in
          the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as
          laid down in the Koran; "the term Muhammadanism is
          offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad,
          founded their religion" [syn: {Islam}, {Islamism}, {Mohammedanism},
           {Muslimism}]