单词 | madrasa |
释义 | madrasan. 1. In Muslim countries: a school of Islamic theology and law; (also more generally) a school (esp. a secondary school) or institution of higher Islamic education. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > seminary > [noun] > Muslim madrasa1616 1616 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdoms World (new ed.) 345 And to the trayning vp of these professors, there are certaine Houses (or Colledges) called Medressæ in Constantinople, Adrianople, Burssia, and other places. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 214 We..found that it was a School or College, which they call Mandresa, of which kind there are very many all over Persia. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 333 They [sc. the Persians] have their Colleges, or Universities, which they call Medressa. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 80 Lodging Rooms for the Scholars of the Medrese. 1819 T. Hope Anastasius (1820) III. xi. 271 His fortune was spent in placing me in a Medressé. 1834 J. Morier Ayesha I. xii. 269 The medresseh, or school, which adjoined the principal mosque. 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 375/2 (Samarcand) The mesids (lower schools) and medresses (high schools or colleges). 1876 A. Arnold in Contemp. Rev. June 47 The Madrassee or mosque school of Ispahan. 1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. xvi. 276 Within sight are three medressés, or collegiate institutions, for the instruction of Turcoman students for the priesthood. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 750/1 The ‘universities’—‘Medarsas’—of Fez and Marrakesh..are now open once more to the Christian visitor. 1923 G. Casserly Algeria To-day iii. 58 There is a finely-built Medersa or theological college for Mahommedans. 1968 Vogue 15 Apr. 124/2 Fès, the ancient university city of Morocco..this crowded ancient place of mosques and medersas. 1992 Gourmet Sept. 156/1 Above us rose centuries-old buildings, now decrepit and black with soot, including the mosque and madrasa (theological school) of Sultan Barquq, built in 1386. 2. In other Muslim communities (esp. South Africa, in form madressa South African English /məˈdresə/ ): a Muslim school, operating after normal school hours and teaching children subjects such as Islamic history, Islamic belief, and the reading, memorizing, and reciting of the Qur'an.ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] schoolOE madrasa1881 magnet school1972 1881 Hunter in Encycl. Brit. XII. 774/2 The Calcutta madrasa for Mahometan teaching. 1949 E. Hellmann Handbk. Race Relations in S. Afr. 582 The Muslims have their mosques and madressas where religion is formally taught to the young and old. 1979 S. Afr. Panorama Dec. 25 Muslim educational institutions such as the madressas attached to the mosques. 1998 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 28 June Not only is she an accomplished horsewoman, but she has also mastered Arabic and taught at a madressa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1616 |
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