Mufti
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A Muslim scholar and interpreter of sharia law, who can deliver a fatwa. countable
"Mujtahidd's online claims have prompted an aggressive backlash against social media from the Saudi religious establishment. The grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul-Aziz al-Sheikh, said in January that Twitter was a platform for "promoting lies" and a "dangerous practice" that should be avoided by Muslims. Commentators have described the phenomenon as symbolic of the growing political debate about use of Twitter in Saudi Arabia."
- 2 civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform wordnet
- 3 A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military or the police, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform. Australia, British, New-Zealand, uncountable
"He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin."
- 4 a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law wordnet
- 1 Acronym of Minimum Use of Force and Tactical Intervention. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Example
More examples"Mujtahidd's online claims have prompted an aggressive backlash against social media from the Saudi religious establishment. The grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul-Aziz al-Sheikh, said in January that Twitter was a platform for "promoting lies" and a "dangerous practice" that should be avoided by Muslims. Commentators have described the phenomenon as symbolic of the growing political debate about use of Twitter in Saudi Arabia."
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مفتی (müfti), from Arabic مُفْتِي (muftī, “fatwa-deliverer”, literally “deliverer of formal opinion”).
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