| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| madrassah |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ma·dras·sah |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m -drä s |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also ma·dra·sa or me·dre·se (-dr s) |
| NOUN: | Islam A building or group of buildings used for teaching Islamic theology and religious law, typically including a mosque. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Arabic madrasa, from darasa, to study. See dr in Appendix II.
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