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  • proper noun The regions of the world, taken as a whole, where Islam is the predominant religion.
  • proper noun Islamic societies worldwide, taken as a whole.

Etymologies

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From Islam and -dom, apparently by analogy with Christendom. Coined by Marshall Hodgson in his The Venture of Islam.

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