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  • noun Islam any variety of religion, except the "true" religion of Islam

Etymologies

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From Arabic religion.

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Examples

  • Hebrew millah (Job 30: 9), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Ps. 44: 14), a proverb or parable.

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

  • "Bis-millah" not only fills these people with astonishment, but excites unfavorable comment.

    Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894

  • A nonsensical custom among the people of Southern Khorassan is to offer one's food in turn to everybody present and say, "Bis-millah," before commencing to eat it yourself.

    Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894

  • The town where the Sheikh resides, is of good size, and has a millah, or Jew’s quarter, besides a good market.

    Travels in Morocco 2003

  • It is, therefore, not an enchanting abode for Europeans, who, whilst there waiting on the Emperor, are obliged constantly to ride about to preserve their health, or they would die of the suffocating stench in the Jew’s millah, or quarter.

    Travels in Morocco 2003

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