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proper noun (plurale tantum)
- (context, Christian Bible) The three wise men that met the baby Jesus at the Epiphany.
- (astronomy) The three bright stars that form Orion's Belt.
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| magus |
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noun (magi)
- A magician, mage.
- A priest or astrologer of the ancient Persian religion of Zoroaster (meaning "wise man").
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| Mahdi |
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proper noun
- (Islam) a leader in Shia eschatology who is assumed to appear, save the world & make peace worldwide.
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| mantra |
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noun
- the hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer
- A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation, orig. in Hinduism
- gen., a slogan or phrase often repeated
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| Marduk |
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proper noun - Planet X, the mythical/hypothetical tenth planet in our solar system.
- An Egyptian god, patron saint of ancient Babylon.
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| math |
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noun (wikipedia, mathematics)
(context, North America)
- (uncountable) Short form of mathematics.
- (uncountable) Arithmetic calculation, calculations. (italbrac, See do the math)
- If you do the , you'll see that it"s not such a bargain.
- $170 a month? That doesn"t sound right. Let me check your .
- (countable) A math course.
- They needed to take two more maths
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| Maya |
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proper noun
- A member of a Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Mexico in the 4th to 10th centuries.
- A descendant of these people.
- Any of the Mayan languages, such as Quiché and Yucatec.
- (given name, female) recently taken into general use, also associated with Maia.
- In Sanskrit, illusion; God"s physical and metaphysical creation (literally, "not this").
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| mimbar |
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noun
- A pulpit in a mosque from which the leader of prayers delivers the khutbah.
- 1942: Here too the pulpit was like a in a mosque " Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 795)
- 2002: There is only a pulpit for the preacher, which stands along the left side, and on the right is the , that is a flight of stairs with ten steps. " John Avetaranian, Richard Schafer, The Muslim Who Became a Christian (Authors On Line 2003, p. 122)
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| Mithraism |
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proper noun
- (religion) A religious cult of Eastern origin that flourished in the late Roman Empire, rivaling Christianity.
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| Mithras |
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proper noun
- A Greco-Roman god, central to Mithraism. He was adapted from the Indo-Iranian god Mithra, Mitra.
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| Moksha |
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noun
- A language of the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family, spoken by about 428,000 people in the western and southern parts of Mordovia, an independent republic within Russia, and the adjacent regions of Tambov, Penza, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Saratov, Tatarstan, Buguruslan and Bashkortostan.
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| Moslem |
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noun
- A person who is a follower and believer of the Islamic faith.
adjective - Relating to believers of Islam.
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| mosque |
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noun
- (Islam) A place of worship for muslims, (corresponding to a church or synagogue), having at least one minaret; a masjid.
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| muezzin |
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noun
- The person in a mosque who calls to prayer from one of the minarets.
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| mufti |
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noun - (countable) (Islam) A Muslim scholar and interpreter of shari'a, shari"a law, who can deliver a fatwa
- (uncountable) (British) Civilian dress when worn by a member of the military, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform
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| Muharram |
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noun (or Muharram ul Haram)
- The first month of the Islamic calendar.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, "His Chance in Life", Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 56:
- :These, hearing nothing of the Collector-Sahib for some time, and heartily despising the Hindu Sub-Judge, arranged to start a little Mohurrum riot of their own.
- A Shiite festival held during its first ten days; Ashura.
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| mullah |
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noun
- (Islam) A Muslim religious scholar and teacher
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| Muslim |
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noun
- A person who is a follower and believer of the Islamic faith.
adjective
- Relating to believers of Islam.
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| Mussulman |
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noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
(plural: Mussulmans or Mussulmen)
- (archaic) a Muslim
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