kadi
Americannoun
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kadis
plural
noun
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The kadi pakora finds large vegetable dumplings submerged in a yellow, yogurt-based curry that provides no clue as to the serious pepper kick that lies within.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2018
You have never heard of the thugs, O kadi, although you sit in the place of justice.
From Tales of Destiny by Edmund Mitchell
On the break-up of the Western Khalifate in 1009, the shrewd and powerful kadi, Mohammed Ben Abbad, secured the sovereignty of the city for himself and his descendants.
From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert
Therefore have I come first to you, O kadi, one of the judges of Akbar.'
From Tales of Destiny by Edmund Mitchell
He was succeeded by the Khalifa's brother Mahmud Wad Ahmed, who was also accompanied by the kadi Suleiman el Hejazi.
From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by F. R. Wingate
Their kadis are all suns, and yet they are in the dark.
From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
With the faith of Islam he had long been familiar, and of the corrupt and tyrannical form of government of Mulai el Hassan and his kaids and kadis he had an intimate knowledge.
From The Blind Mother and The Last Confession by Sir Hall Caine
A few steps beyond we reach the famous Puerta de la Justicia, so called because within it the Moorish sultans or their kadis administered justice—or it may have been merely law.
From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert
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