† Mahomite Obs.
[f. Mahomet + -ite.]
A Muslim. (Cf. Mahomet 4.)
| 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 197 Christians, Turkes, Mahomites, Caffranans, Idolaters. 1564 tr. Jewel's Apol. Ch. Eng. H ij, The Mahomytes at this day..chuse rather to be caled Saracenes, as though they came of Sara, the free woman, and Abraham's wyfe. a 1618 Sylvester Mirac. Peace Sonn. xxxviii, The Mahomite..His mooned Standards hath already pight. |