Lexicographical Neighbors of Madrases
Literary usage of Madrases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Through Asia by Sven Anders Hedin (1899)
"... two madrases, and a few caravanserais. I need not dwell at length upon our
journeying through the forest of Tarim, but will confine myself to one or two ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Nearly 10000 pupils are said to receive their education in its 140 madrases or
theological colleges; primary schools are kept at most mosques. ..."
3. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
""There was Madame Rémy, who used to sell the finest foulards and madrases in
Saint Pierre; — she used to study the clouds. She drew the patterns of the ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"It is surrounded with а double wall, contains numerous fountains, 250 mosques,
with 40 madrases, or religious school.« (яки Mosquea), a palace, ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The town consists of a labyrinth of narrow, winding, dirty streets, with poor,
square, flat-roofed houses, half a dozen madrases (Mahommedan colleges), ..."
6. How We Got Into Pekin: A Narrative of the Campaign in China of 1860 by Robert James Leslie M'Ghee (1862)
"... and they had no aid except that of a few Manilla men and madrases whom they
had picked up at Hong Kong. There was no proper provision made for feeding ..."