mollah

[ maw-luh ]

noun

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How to use mollah in a sentence

  • When we arose to depart the imaum and mollah went with us to a certain tree beyond the village in order to pour us on our road.

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  • His name was mollah Zeman: he had been formerly known to my friends.

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  • mollah Esad, the confidential friend of His Holiness, was commissioned to take the sum to its destination.

  • The mollah and Pir rebuked him severely, but he laughed aloud wildly, and the conversation continued as before.

  • Scarcely four days had passed when the mollah entered our tent one morning with tears in his eyes, and looking very sad.

British Dictionary definitions for mollah

mollah

/ (ˈmɔːlə) /


noun
  1. an older spelling of mullah

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