α. 1800s– Mahomedanism, 1800s– Mahommedanism.
β. 1800s– Mohamedanism, 1800s– Mohammadanism, 1800s– Mohammedanism.
γ. 1800s– Muhammedanism, 1900s– Muhammadanism.
Mohammedanismn.
/mᵿˈhamədənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /moʊˈhɑmədnˌɪz(ə)m/, /moʊˈhɑmədəˌnɪz(ə)m/ The religion founded by Muhammad; Islam. Cf. Mohammedism n.Not used or favoured by Muslims, and now widely considered depreciatory or offensive: see note at Mohammedan n.
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mammetryc1390
Mahometry1481
Turcism1566
Mahometism1584
Turkery1585
crescent1589
Turkism1597
infidelity1603
Mahometanisma1613
Mohammedry1613
Mohammedism1614
Moorism1620
Islam1625
Mussulmanlik1625
Mahometantism1656
Saracenism1659
Islamism1696
Mussulmanism1731
Mohammedanism1732
Ismaelism1750
Muslimism1777
Islamicism1954
1732 tr. J. de La Roque Voy. Arabia Fœlix 316 The Doctors [of Mecca] were sensible what pass'd in the Coffee-Houses needed a Reform, as contrary to strict Mohammedanism.
1795 New Ann. Reg. 1794 Foreign Lit. 161 The seventh [part contains] parallels of Christianity with Judaism, Mohammedanism, paganism, and deism.
1809 Monthly Rev. Oct. 201 The Mohammedan religion teaching the unity of God, they readily reject paganism, and embrace Mohammedanism.
1817 C. Mills (title) History of Muhammedanism.
1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 342/1 They did not hesitate to prefer this system [sc. the Greek faith] to Mohammedanism, Judaism, Romanism, and all other forms of worship which they had examined.
1943 E. L. Mascall He who Is x. 128 Islam is submission... And by that enantiodromia, which is so marked a feature of human activity, Mohammedanism becomes the most militant religion in history, for once the believer has made his submission he..sees himself as an instrument of the divine ruthlessness.
1952 H. J. R. Murray Hist. Board-games i. 5 Africa, apart from Egypt, Abyssinia, and those parts to which Muhammadanism has penetrated, has no war-games..and no games of alignment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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