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Moslem body of scholars
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ulema
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Word definitions for ulema in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"scholars of Muslim religious law," 1680s, from Arabic 'ulema "learned men, scholars," plural of 'alim "learned," from 'alama "to know."
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ulema \U`le*ma"\, n. [Turk. & Ar. 'ulam[=a] the wise or learned men, pl. of '[=a]lim wise, learned, fr. alima to know.] (Mohammedanism) A college or body composed of the hierarchy (the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context plurale tantum English) The guardians of legal and religious tradition in Islam; clerics.
Usage examples of ulema.
So it was that Selamlik talked to the Ulema, the holy men, who were there, and they urged him to clemency, as holy men will, even in Egypt--at a price.
Chairman Toure Bomoko, an Ulema of the Zensunnis and one of the fourteen delegates who never recanted ("The Fourteen Sages" of popular history), appeared to admit finally the C.