Jehad
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of jihad. alt-of, alternative
"[Their] courage in war […] had not, like that of the Mohammedan dervishes of the Sudan, or of Mohammedans anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss behind it."
- 2 a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal wordnet
Example
More examples"[Their] courage in war […] had not, like that of the Mohammedan dervishes of the Sudan, or of Mohammedans anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss behind it."