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Webster 1913 Edition
Muharram
{ ‖
, Mo-hur′rum
, ‖Mu-har′ram
}Noun.
[Ar.
muharram
, prop., sacred, forbidden, n., the first month of the Mohammedan lunar year.] 1.
The first month of the Mohammedan year.
Whitworth.
2.
A festival of the Shiah sect of the Muslims held during the first ten days of the month Mohurrum.