† Maˈhometant rare—1.
Corrupt form of Mahometan, after ns. in -ant.
= Muhammadan. So † Maˈhometantism (also Mahu-) = Muhammadanism.
| 1635 E. Pagitt Christianogr. i. ii. (1636) 46 The Mahometants have but three Temples or Meskites. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Mahumetism, or Mahumetantism, the Religion and profession of Mahumet and the great Turk. |