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ulema

ulema


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ulema  \U`le*ma"\,  n.  [Turk.  &  Ar  'ulam[=a]  the  wise  or  learned 
  men,  pl  of  '[=a]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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ulema  \U*le"ma\,  n.  [Ar.  'ulem[=a]  the  wise  or  learned  men,  pl 
  of  '[=a]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.