an Islamic religious school
a school where Islam is taught
a theological school, usually for Sunni, for teaching Islamic theology and religious law
A theological school consisting of a Mosque for regular prayers and study rooms.
(Ar. Literally "school"): Koranic Schools instituted in the eleventh century C.E., whose architecture frequently mirrored that of Persian-styled mosques with a courtyard and an iwans, one at each of the cardinal directions. The development of madrassas as an architectural type developed under the Sunni Seljuqs, who were recently converted Turks. The Seljuqs spread the institution and its architectural form as a means of making inroads into the gains made by the Shiites.