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Definition of madrassah in English English dictionary
- a school for teaching Islamic theology and religious law
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- a college or seminary for Muslim learning, frequently but not necessarily attached to a mosque
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- Theological school for the interpretation of Islamic law; scholarly Mushakisin (Brujah) often make their havens in madrasas
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- {i} (Islam) combined school and mosque
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- Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan; "the Pakistan government decided to close down madrasas that provided military training for their students"; "many madrasas in Bangladesh are supported with money from Saudi Arabia
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- Arabic word meaning place of study An Islamic theological college providing student lodgings, a prayer hall, lecture halls, and a library Perhaps first established in the tenth century by the Ghaznavids to combat the influence of dissenting sects, such as the Shiites; by the fourteenth century madrasas were located in all great cities of the Muslim world Usually consists of an open quadrangle bordered by vaulted cloisters called Iwans
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- Islamic school
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- plural of madrassah