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;
pl. Moslems (-l&ebreve;mz), or
collectively Moslem. [Ar. muslim a true
believer in the Mohammedan faith, fr. salama to submit to God,
to resign one's self to the divine will. Cf. Islam,
Mussulman.] A Mussulman; an orthodox Mohammedan.
[Written also muslim.] "Heaps of slaughtered Moslem."
Macaulay.

They piled the ground with Moslem
slain.

Halleck.

Mos"lem (m&obreve;z"l&ebreve;m), a.
Of or pertaining to the Mohammedans; Mohammedan; as,
Moslem lands; the Moslem faith.

Mos"lings (?), n. pl. Thin shreds
of leather shaved off in dressing skins. Simmonds.

||Mos`o*sau"rus (?), n. [NL.]
(Paleon.) Same as Mosasaurus.

Mosque (m&obreve;sk), n. [F.
mosquée, Sp. mezquita, Ar. masjid, from
sajada to bend, adore.] A Mohammedan church or place of
religious worship. [Written also mosk.

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