mollah

American  

[maw-luh] / ˈmɔ lə /

noun

1. mullah.

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mollah British  

/ ˈmɔːlə /

noun

1. an older spelling of mullah

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Example Sentences

I then proceeded to inform the mollah Nad�n of my success, who appeared to listen with delight to the adventures of this couple, which I related to him with scrupulous detail.

From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by Morier, James

At the summons of the mollah, or officiating priest, all these worshipers, in perfect unison, prostrated themselves with folded hands, and repeated in a loud voice, "God is great."

From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Strong, Augustus Hopkins

The mollah Nad�n, so I had heard, had long ago been blown from the mouth of a mortar, and the widow, whom I left in the hands of the C�rds, had never returned to Persia.

From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by Morier, James

Then they send for a mollah; who reads the Koran in a very loud sing-song tone till death ensues, the last thirst being alleviated meantime by sharbat dropped into the mouth.

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)

We at length reached the palace, and at the entrance found the grand vizier, seated with the mollah bashi, in the chief executioner's apartment.

From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by Morier, James