Sofees

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Sofee (“archaic form of Sufi”) form-of, historical, plural

    "Those Turks which ſeem to be profeſſors of religion and devotion, and would be accounted * Sofees, do commonly read, as they walk along the ſtreets, and have their Beads longer then other men, carrying them in their hands into the Moſcheas, and are ever buſy with them as they walk up and down the ſtreets, […]"

  2. 2
    plural of Sofee (“archaic form of Safawi”) form-of, historical, plural

    "Shah of Persia, founder of the dynasty of Sofees."

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"Those Turks which ſeem to be profeſſors of religion and devotion, and would be accounted * Sofees, do commonly read, as they walk along the ſtreets, and have their Beads longer then other men, carrying them in their hands into the Moſcheas, and are ever buſy with them as they walk up and down the ſtreets, […]"

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