| Ulema (ulema) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| U*le"ma |
[Ar. 'ulem the
wise or learned men, pl. of 'lim wise, learned, fr.
alima to know.] |
A college or corporation in Turkey composed of
the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or
doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.
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| Ulema (ulema) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| ||U`le*ma" |
| [Turk. *** Ar.
'ulam&amacr] the wise or learned men, pl. of 'lim
wise, learned.] (Mohammedanism) |
A college or body composed
of the hierarchy (the imams, muftis, and cadis). That of Turkey alone
now has political power; its head is the sheik ul Islam.
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