Synonyms of madrassa

madrassa

noun

variants or madrasa also madrassah or madrasah

as in yeshiva

Related Words

• yeshiva
• Sunday school
• kindergarten
• school
• high school
• charter school
• magnet school
• secondary school
• elementary school
• public school
• primary school
• academy
• middle school
• common school
• minischool
• junior high school
• senior high school
• trade school
• prep
• grammar school
• preparatory school
• seminary
• boarding school
• prep school
• training school
• academe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of madrassa

And all of these places essentially are madrassas, or Islamic seminaries. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025

On Sunday, Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani offered a more moderate statement at a madrassa in Kabul, urging Taliban leaders to avoid imposing their will on the Afghan people. — Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024

Mosques, madrassas, and mausoleums were festooned in teal and indigo mosaic tiles and crowned with the azure domes that became a signature of Central Asian architecture. — Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Nov. 2022

Local militant groups like ABT recruit from among madrasah students and teachers, while one of the first deadly attacks on a blogger, back in 2013, was carried out by students at North South University, a prestigious Dhaka educational institution. — Michael Kugelman, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2017