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noun Islam.
a school or college, especially a school attached to a mosque where young men study theology.
Also, ma·dra·sa, ma·dras·sah.
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< Arabic
< Arabic
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madrasah
Islamic college, 1622, from Arabic madrasah, lit. "a place of study," from loc. prefix ma- + stem of darasa "he read repeatedly, he studied."
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