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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See Mohammedan (the form of the adjective now preferred).
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“And then, all this was done, not by the power of arms, (as the mahometan religion hath spread itself in the world,) but only by the power of this very word, the doctrine of”
The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI.
“Murmeli, the powerful King of Africa, Morocco, and Spain; with offers to forsake the christian faith, turn mahometan, deliver up his kingdom, and hold it of him in tribute, for his assistance against his enemies.”
“Besides some gross allusions he takes every opportunity to exalt the character of the heathen or mahometan princes who discovered any appearance of virtue; not considering that under our system every man almost has more virtue than the saints of the infidels, if such an expression is not an absurdity.”
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