kadi
Americannoun
plural
kadisnoun
Example Sentences
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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
The following anecdote of the kadi Shuraih, who was famous not only for his "great skill in distinguishing right from wrong" but also for his humour, is very pleasing.
From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
Justice, or the marketable commodity which passes for such, is administered by a kadi.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
Hardly was she within, when the man nailed up the entrance, and ran to the kadi to inform him that a Jewess had gone in.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Radin, Paul
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 Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
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