madrassa

noun

ma·​dras·​sa mə-ˈdra-sə How to pronounce madrassa (audio)
-ˈdrä-
variants or madrasa or less commonly madrassah or madrasah
Synonyms of madrassanext
: a Muslim school, college, or university that is often part of a mosque

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One was a girls' madrassa, or religious school. — ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026 And all of these places essentially are madrassas, or Islamic seminaries. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025 Mosques, madrassas, and mausoleums were festooned in teal and indigo mosaic tiles and crowned with the azure domes that became a signature of Central Asian architecture. — Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Nov. 2022 Late last year, Parliament passed a new set of laws seeking to improve the quality of madrassa education, both to uplift student outcomes and to help madrassas shed their tag as terrorist hotbeds. — Hasan Ali, Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for madrassa

Word History

Etymology

Arabic madrasa

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of madrassa was in 1616

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