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Alcoran arch.|ælkɒˈrɑːn, ˈælkɒrɑːn, -æn|
Forms: 4–5 alkaron, -oun, 6 alcharon, 6–7 alchoran(e, alcorane, alcaron, 7 alcheron, 7– alcoran 8 alkoran.
[a. (immed. from Fr. alcoran) Arab. al-qorān, the recitation, reading, f. qaraﻋa to recite, read.]
The sacred book of Muslims; the Koran (which is now the usual form).
1366Mandeville xii. 139 The holy book Alkaron that God sente hem be his messager Machomete. c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 199 The holy lawes of our Alkaroun [v.r. alkaron], Geven by Goddes messangere Makamete. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 1557, 340/1 As the Turkes doe, bidde men belieue in Machometes alchoran. Ibid. 651/1 Mahomettes alcharon. 1642Howell For. Trav. (Arb.) 85 They so adore the Alcoran that they never put it under their girdles. 1651Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1843) II. 297 The Turkes for the maintenance of their Alcaron. 1655Gouge Comm. Hebr. iii. 7, 320 The Turks Alcheron, the Jews Cabala..are..to be detested. 1728Morgan Algiers ii. iv. 293 The first chapter of the Al-Coran. 1777Hume Ess. & Treat. II. 443 A sacred book, such as the Alcoran. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 586 Called the Koran, or Alkoran, by way of eminence, as we say the Bible.
b. fig.
a1659Cleveland Obseq. 26 A Text on which we find no Gloss at all, But in the Alcoran of Gold-smiths Hall! |