mufti
noun
civilian clothes, in contrast with military or other uniforms, or as worn by a person who usually wears a uniform.
muftis
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pluralof mufti.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“For example, different jurists and muftis will put forth various, sometimes conflicting fatwas. On which fatwa should the police or any other agents of the state rely when enforcing Islam?”
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2015
Muslim leaders, the muftis, have apparently worked out a kind of modus vivendi with the government; in exchange for being allowed to practice their religion they often support the government on major policy questions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Show the same regard to their muftis and imaums, as you have shown to the bishops and rabbins.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
One would suppose that an English governor, if called to decide upon such a claim of the Nabob's, would doubtless be attended by judges, muftis, lawyers, and all the apparatus of legal justice.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
He gave orders to gather together the interpreters of the law, the wise men, and the muftis, as well as the officers.
From Malayan Literature by Various
