Definition of Ulma
Ulema, a body in Turkey, or any Mohammedan country, of the learned
in the Mohammedan religion and law, such as the Imams, or religious
teachers, the Muftis, or expounders of the law and the Cadis, or judges;
its decrees are called "fetvas."
- Wikipedia
U*le"ma (?), n. [Ar. 'ulemā the
wise or learned men, pl. of 'ālim 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.
||U`le*ma" (?), n. [Turk. & Ar.
'ulamā the wise or learned men, pl. of 'ālim
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.
U*le"ma (?), n. [Ar. 'ulemā the
wise or learned men, pl. of 'ālim 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.
||U`le*ma" (?), n. [Turk. & Ar.
'ulamā the wise or learned men, pl. of 'ālim
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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