Look up: ramadan

1. Ramadan
   India/Middle East/North Africa The Muslim month of fasting or purification.
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2. Ramadan
   [n] - the ninth month of the Moslem calendar
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3. Ramadan
   In the Muslim calendar, the ninth month of the year. Ramadan follows a lunar year and occurs 11 days earlier each solar year. Throughout Ramadan a strict fast (sawm) is observed during the hours of...
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4. Ramadan
   the 9th month of the Mohammadan year,observed as a sacred month on each day of which strict fasting is practiced from dawn to sunset Category: History, ethnology, manners and customs
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5. Ramadan
   Ram`a·dan' (răm`ȧ*dăn') noun [ Arabic ramadān , or ramazān , properly, the hot month.] [ Written also Ramadhan , Ramadzan , and Rhamadan .] 1. The ninth Mohammedan month....
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6. Ramadan
   noun (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan
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7. Ramadan
   noun the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith
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8. Ramadan
   • (n.) The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month. • (n.) The ninth Mohammedan month.
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9. Ramadan
   Ramadan (rämädän', răm"udän') , in Islam, the ninth month of the Muslim year, during which all Muslims must fast during the daylight hours. Indulgence of any sort is forbidden during the fast. There are only a few who are exempt, e.g., soldiers, the sick, and th...
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10. Ramadan
    In the Muslim calendar, the ninth month of the year. Ramadan follows a lunar year and occurs 11 days earlier each solar year. Throughout Ramadan a strict fast (sawm) is observed during the hours of daylight. On the Night of Power (Lailat al-Qadr), which falls during the last ten days of the month, the Koran states that a Muslim who prays throug...
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11. ramadan
    The ninth month of the Muslim year, during which a strict fast is observed from sunrise to sunset.
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12. Ramadan
    `Ramadan` (rɑmɑˈdˤɑːn-->) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and intimacy with their partners during daylight hours and is intended to teach Musli...
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13. Ramadan
    (calendar month) `Ramadan` (رمضان-->) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which the Qur`an was revealed. Ramadan is the holiest of months in the Islamic calendar, and fasting in this month is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The month is spent by Mus...
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