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- proper noun A
religious group who usedhashish to createmystic visions ; they later became associated with theassassination ofinvading Christian leaders during theCrusades ; their descendants are theKhojas .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The group was the Hashshashin sect (the word assassin came from Hashshashin).
Now or Never!! Pakistan must change its position on the "war on terror". 2009
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Now I'm hoping to meet a harem girl or maybe a lady Hashshashin at tonight's Halloween party.
Dreaming of the presidential candidates. Ann Althouse 2008
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And his account of Hashshashin is totally off, and his belief that Shi`ites act from an impulse of a cult of death is contradicted by evidence: he needs to read Robert Pape's Dying to Win.
Thursday, December 14, 2006 As'ad 2006
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In fact, there is no evidence that As-Sabbah actually killed anybody, and will not get into whether the Hashshashin were really intoxicated.
Sunday, April 30, 2006 As'ad 2006
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And his account of Hashshashin is totally off, and his belief that Shi`ites act from an impulse of a cult of death is contradicted by evidence: he needs to read Robert Pape's Dying to Win.
Sunday, December 31, 2006 As'ad 2006
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The script, clearly written by committee, introduces a few genuine elements: Alamut was a real city, although not a holy one, and Dastan and Tamina are pursued by the Hashshashin, the cult of assassins whose name may be related to "hashish."
NPR Topics: News 2010
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This villain is of course the master of the Hashshashin from Kurt Busiek's brilliant "Camelot Falls" storyline from his run on "Superman."
Comic Book Resources 2009
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The Hashshashin survive as an underground society into the modern era.
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The Hashshashin survive as an underground society into the modern era.
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The Hashshashin survive as an underground society into the modern era.
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