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mufti
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (cx countable Islam English) A Sunni Muslim scholar and interpreter of shari'a law, who can deliver a fatwa
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
mufti \muf"ti\, n. Ordinary civilian dress when worn by persons who serve in a uniformed service, such as the military or police. It originally was used in reference to British naval or military officers, and originated with the British service in India.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform
Usage examples of mufti.
The sergeant was in mufti, a sack suit in windowpane check of a color that brought out the spider angioma on the side of his nose.
They were designated by the appellation of the Seven Jurisconsults, because the right of giving decisions on points of law had passed to them from the companions of Muhammad, and they became publicly known as Muftis.
Churchill was not in mufti of any kindblack jacket, stripy trousers, waistcoat-with-watchchain, spotty bow tie.
He could not himself go to the general in attendance as he was in mufti and had come to Tilsit without permission to do so, and Boris, even had he wished to, could not have done so on the following day.
It was called simply the Daiwan, from its profusion of daiwan pillows on which sat the Shah Zaman and the Wazir Jamshid and various elderly muftis of Muslim law, and sometimes some visiting Mongol emissaries of the Ilkhan Abagha.
A rout of Mullahs and Muftis and Musseins and Caids and Glaouis and Sheiks and Sultans and Holy Men and representatives of every conceivable Arab party make up the rank and file and attend the actual meetings from which the higher ups prudently abstain.
These decrees, fatwas, were issued according to interpretations of Muslim Law which the Caliph, Mufti or Qazi 0udge) was empowered to give.
Another used members of his court for target practiceand appointed a chicken as Grand Mufti.
I noticed a strange tall gaunt man half in khaki half in mufti with a large wide-awake hat, bright eyes and a hooked nose sitting in the comer.