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
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
The muftis explained that that portent signified that the glory of the Padishah would reach the heavens, and that he would be the ruler to crush Kamenyets,—an obstacle hitherto invincible.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Ulemas—the learned men, including the muftis, the mollahs, the kadis—in short, all the legal and ecclesiastical functionaries.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai
