kadi

American  

[kah-dee, kay-] / ˈkɑ di, ˈkeɪ- /

noun

• kadis
  plural

1. a variant of qadi.

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kadi British  

/ ˈkɑːdɪ, ˈkeɪdɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of cadi

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• kadis
  plural

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Example Sentences

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kadi kadis

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

The melich likewise sent for the kadi, to whom he communicated his vision, seeking advice and consolation, as he feared to be slain by the martyrs.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

It's an excellent Turkish meal, whose highlights are poulet aux amandes, couscous à la vanille, and tortue à la viande—a bit heavy, but a gourmet meal nevertheless—and biscuits made with honey called bouchées du kadi….

From Letters from my Windmill by Alphonse Daudet

Illegality was, however, checked to some extent by the generally wise and just influence of the chief justice, or kadi, whose probity often formed the best feature of the Arab government in Egypt.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

Each has an imaum, but the kadi is their head, of which dignity he seems not a little proud.

From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Robert Huish

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

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

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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