Mahometist (mahometist)

[Formerly also Mahumetist; = Sp. Mahometista; as Ma homet + -ist.] A follower of Mahomet or Mohammed. [Rare.] This present Emperour his sonne. hath had great good succe e in his warres, both against the Christians and also the Mahometists, Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 324. Mahometry (ma-hom'et-ri), п. [ Mahomet (see Mahometan ) + -ry. Cf. mammetry, mau metry .] Mohammedanism. The sacrifices which God gave Adam's sons were no dumb popetry or superstitious mahometry , but signs of the testament of God. Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), p. 27. mahone (ma-hōn'), n . [ mahona = It. maona , maghuna , a barge, lighter.] A large Turkish galley, barge, or transport of burden. Mahonia (ma-hō'ni-ä), n . [NL. (Nuttall, 1818), named after Bernard M'Mahon , a patron of botanical science.] A subgenus of the genus Berberis (which see).