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Moorish Scientists

Moorish Scientists is the plural of Moorish Scientist.

Meaning of Moorish Scientist

Noun

Moorish Scientist (plural Moorish Scientists)

  1. An adherent of the Moorish Science Temple of America, a religion founded in the early 20th century by Timothy Drew on the claim that African Americans descended from Moors and were originally Islamic, and centered on personal transformation and racial pride.

Questions about Moorish Scientists

What is Moorish Scientists the plural of?
Moorish Scientists is the plural of Moorish Scientist.

Words near Moorish Scientists in the dictionary

  1. Moorish arches
  2. Moorish idol
  3. Moorish idols
  4. Moorish Science
  5. Moorish Scientist
  6. Moorish Scientists
  7. moorishly
  8. Moorishness
  9. moorit
  10. moorland
  11. moorlander

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