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Definition of: Almoravides
(al뀇môr′ə뀇vīdz, -mō′rə-) noun plural
A Moslem dynasty in Africa and Spain in the 11th and 12th centuries which began as a religious revival under Abdallah-ibn-Yasin and lasted from 1056 to 1145. [< Arabic al-murābit] Al·mo′ra·vide adj & noun
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