Ulema : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ulema	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ulema n 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 Synonym(s): ulema, ulama
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ulema \U*le"ma\, n. [Ar. 'ulem[be] the wise or learned men, pl. of '[be]lim wise, learned, fr. alima to know.] A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.