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Noun: ulema  'oo-lu`maa
  1. The body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community
    - ulama

Derived forms: ulemas

Type of: body

Encyclopedia: Ulema

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