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mufti

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muf·ti 1  (mft, mf-)
n. pl. muf·tis
A Muslim scholar who interprets the shari'a.
[Arabic muft, one who gives legal opinions, active participle of 'aft, to decide by legal opinion; see ptw in Semitic roots.]
mufti
Noun
civilian clothes worn by a person who normally wears a military uniform [from Mufti, Muslim religious leader]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.muftimufti - a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law
grand mufti - the chief mufti of a district
jurist, legal expert - a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
2.mufti - civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform
civilian clothing, civilian dress, civilian garb, plain clothes - ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.
Translations
Spanish mufti [ˈmʌftɪ] n in mufti → (vestido) de paisano
French mufti [ˈmʌftɪ] n in mufti → en civil
German mufti [ˈmʌftɪ] n in mufti → in Zivil
Italian mufti [ˈmʌftɪ] n in mufti → in borghese
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He could not himself go to the general in attendance as he was in mufti and had come to Tilsit without permission to do so, and Boris, even had he wished to, could not have done so on the following day.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
But granting all this; yet, regarded discreetly and coolly, seems it not but a mad idea, this; that in the broad boundless ocean, one solitary whale, even if encountered, should be thought capable of individual recognition from his hunter, even as a white-bearded Mufti in the thronged thoroughfares of Constantinople?
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
You'll excuse my not being able to get into mufti, won't you?
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