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madrassa

noun

variants or madrasa also madrassah or madrasah

Definition of madrassa

as in yeshiva

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Recent Examples of madrassa And all of these places essentially are madrassas, or Islamic seminaries. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025 On Sunday, Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani offered a more moderate statement at a madrassa in Kabul, urging Taliban leaders to avoid imposing their will on the Afghan people. — Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024 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 Local militant groups like ABT recruit from among madrasah students and teachers, while one of the first deadly attacks on a blogger, back in 2013, was carried out by students at North South University, a prestigious Dhaka educational institution. — Michael Kugelman, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2017 See All Example Sentences for madrassa

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On the night before the battle, Katz gathered fellow soldiers around him and taught them Maimonides’ laws governing the conduct of Jewish soldiers in battle, the yeshiva said on its website.

— Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
Religious groups have documented a rise in acts of harassment and violence against Christian pilgrims and clergy as well as Palestinian Christian residents, including assaults and spitting, often by ultra-Orthodox Jewish yeshiva students.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026

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Traditional public school enrollment for kindergarten and first grade is 25% lower than enrollment in the high school grades.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
Research shows that children participating in the Imagination Library demonstrate a 29% increase in kindergarten readiness, the county’s website said.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

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