Definition of Ramaden

Definition of Ramaden

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Mohammedan year, a kind of Lent, held sacred as a month of fasting by all Moslems, being the month in the life of Mahomet when, as he spent it alone in meditation and prayer, his eyes were opened to see, through the shows of things, into the one eternal Reality, the greatness and absolute sovereignty of Allah.

- Wikipedia

||Ram`a*dan" (răm`&adot;*dăn"), n. [Ar. rama&dsdot;ān, or ramazān, properly, the hot month.] [Written also Ramadhan, Ramadzan, and Rhamadan.] 1. The ninth Mohammedan month.

2. The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

the holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar (the Hijra), during which Muslims fast between sunrise and sunset; they also refrain from smoking and sexual relations.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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