cadi
Americannoun
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cadis
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cadi
C16: from Arabic qādī judge
Example Sentences
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There stood the black aga of the cadi carrying a large bundle of clothes.
From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Julia Pardoe
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 Xavier Hommaire de Hell
At the name of Mouaffac I noticed the eyes of the cadi sparkle, with a curious expression.
From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Julia Pardoe
I now approached the cadi, in order to address him, but having no presents to make to him, I found it impossible to get him to listen to my story.
From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Julia Pardoe
The cadi could not refuse to comply with this request, and Cassem learned, at great expense, the danger there is in not changing one's slippers often enough.
From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Julia Pardoe
The cadis, of course, were "good friends of France" and in their home town of Blida, a street leading off the main square is named in honor of Benyoussef's grandfather.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their clergy are subject to the mufti of the Crimea and of his representative, who resides in the aoul of Emmaout; they consist of effendi mollahs, mollas, and cadis.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
Sheiks are the chiefs of the societies of dervishes; cadis are the magistrates of a town or city.
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by William Beckford
The cadis and sheiks hasten to the mosque to use their influence in tranquillizing the people, but in vain.
From Mohammed Ali and His House by Mrs. Chapman Coleman
Giaffar," replied Haroun, "issue immediate orders, under the imperial firmaum, that strict inquiries be made into those officers of justice who attend the halls of the cadis.
From The Pacha of Many Tales by Frederick Marryat
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