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  • proper noun Plural form of Mohammedan.

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Examples

  • The number of the Mohammedans is about eighty millions and the number of the Hindus about two hundred and fifty millions.

    Our Indian Partner 1933

  • After first denouncing Roman Catholicism as the quintessential Anti-Christ, he repeated his renowned claim that God didn't even hear the prayers of the Jews, much less the infidel Muslims, whom he called Mohammedans as an unnecessary further insult.

    The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991

  • This title the Mohammedans give to their priests, who begin the prayers in their mosques, and whom all the congregation follow.

    The Koran (Al-Qur'an) George Sale 1716

  • We don't want to be called Mohammedans, the Muslim huffed; we don't worship Mohammed, who was a man.

    A Common What? Sarah Ruden 2008

  • -- "And rested the Sabbath-day, according to the commandment," -- neither the principal prayer-day of the Mohammedans, which is Friday, nor the Sabbath-day of the large population of Jews about me, but that which the early Christians so beautifully named the Lord's-day, while observing it as a Sabbath.

    Byeways in Palestine James Finn

  • One priest in an enthusiastic discourse when intending to call the Mohammedans, dogs, made the sad mistake of addressing his audience as, "Ye dogs and sons of dogs."

    Modern Persia Mooshie G. Daniel

  • Soon after the stirring episode of Shen-ch'un a body of Chinese and Tibetan soldiers, armed with foreign guns, under Commander Li, an old opium smoker, came to Kiai-ya, a well fortified Chinese village one mile from the cluster of forts that had in part been wrenched from those brave Chinese women, and we all felt that probably the day of retribution for the Mohammedans was at hand.

    With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior 1901

  • They are called Mohammedans, Mussulmans (Mus'-sul-mans) or Moslems; and the proper name for their religion is "Islam," which means obedience, or submission.

    Famous Men of the Middle Ages Addison B. Poland 1885

  • From the political standpoint the Mohammedans are a very important factor in the situation in India.

    Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880

  • Unlike the religion of the Jewish people, which was national, or that of the Mohammedans, which is local, the Catholic religion was to be cosmopolitan, embracing all nations and all countries.

    The Faith of Our Fathers James Gibbons 1877

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