cadi
Americannoun
plural
cadisnoun
Etymology
Origin of cadi
C16: from Arabic qādī judge
Example Sentences
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Wretch," said the cadi, "what dost thou take me for?
From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia
"You are to come to the cadi," said the man, "he desires to speak with you, and he commanded me to bring you before him."
From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia
"Merciful heavens!" exclaimed the cadi, "is it possible to marry such a monster as that?"
From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia
Assuredly the most adroit cadi in Turkey could not have decided the case better.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
The following day, the cadi came and interrogated the prisoners.
From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia
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