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Druze
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Druze also Druse  (drz)
n.
A member of a Syrian people following a religion marked by monotheism and a belief in al-Hakim (985-1021), an Ismaili caliph, as the embodiment of God.

[Arabic Durz, pl. of durz, a Druse, after Ismail al-Darazi (died c. 1019), Muslim religious leader.]
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Noun1.Druze - an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of GodDruze - an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God; "a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives"
adherent, disciple - someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another


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Yet the author is quite willing to pass along the popular unsubstantiated speculation that the Junbalat family, originally from Aleppo, "converted to Druzism in the nineteenth [sic] century" (p.
 
 
 
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