(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:42:44

Al"co*ran [ets>alcoran, fr. Ar. al-qoran, orig. the reading, the book, fr. qaraa to read. Cf. Koran.]

The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form).

[Spelt also Alcoran.]

 

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