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Muharram Definition


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Muharram
noun
    1. The first month of the Muslim year.
    2. Among Shiite Muslims: a period of mourning for Hasan and Husain, grandsons of Muhammad, which is marked during the first ten days of the month, by processions in which the faithful beat their breasts or whip themselves and fast on the ninth day.
Etymology: 19c: from Arabic muharram sacred.



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