adat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of adat
First recorded in 1780–90; from Javanese, from Arabic ʿadālah “(court of) equity”
Example Sentences
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The republic is now governed by diktats inspired by Sharia jurisprudence and Kadyrov’s personal interpretation of adat, a traditional Chechen code of behavior.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2016
“What he has achieved is that we have returned to our roots: in religion, adat, culture.”
From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2016
Exposed to unwanted foreign magic, visitors were once exorcized by the kepala adat before being allowed inside.
From Time Magazine Archive
A man married by ambel-anak may redeem himself and family on payment of the jujur and adat of a virgin before-mentioned.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William
It is said, indeed, that each alteration has been for the worse, and that now any chief who introduces anything of his own will, justifies it as "adat Malayu."
From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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