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jehad

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun jehad has 2 senses

jehad(n = noun.act) international jihad, jihad - a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels; Array

is a kind of war, warfare

jehad(n = noun.act) jihad - a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal; Array

is a kind of nisus, pains, strain, striving

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CIDE DICTIONARY

jehad, n.

Same as jihad. [WordNet 1.5]

jehad, n. [Ar. jihād.].

A religious war against infidels or Mohammedan heretics; also, any bitter war or crusade for a principle or belief.

"[Their] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the Mohammedan dervishes of the Sudan, or of Mohammedans anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss behind it." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

jehad, var. of JIHAD.

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