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• khalsa
  khalsa

  noun

  a martial fraternity originated in 1699 and remaining as one of the closely knit communities of the Sikhs.
• Khalsa
  Khalsa

  noun

  an order of the Sikh religion, founded (1699) by Guru Gobind Singh. Members vow to wear the five Ks, to eat only ritually killed meat, and to refrain from committing adultery or cutting their hair

khalsa

American  

[kahl-suh] / ˌkɑl sə /

noun

1. a martial fraternity originated in 1699 and remaining as one of the closely knit communities of the Sikhs.

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Khalsa British  

/ ˈkælsə /

noun

1. an order of the Sikh religion, founded (1699) by Guru Gobind Singh. Members vow to wear the five Ks, to eat only ritually killed meat, and to refrain from committing adultery or cutting their hair

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Etymology

Origin of khalsa

1770–80; < Hindi khālṣa literally, pure ≪ Arabic khāliṣah

Example Sentences

Hadee Allee Khan's successors continued the system of transferring khalsa lands to tallookdars, as the cheapest and most effectual mode of collecting the revenue for their brief period of authority.

From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William

Almost all the khalsa lands of the Hissampoor purgunnah belonged to the different branches of a very ancient and respectable family of Syuds.

From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William